Abderrahmane Sissako

thumb Abderrahmane Sissako was born in Kiffa, Mauritania, in 1961 and raised in Mali.When he returned to Mauritania in 1980, the emotional and financial difficulties of adjustment made him turn to literature and film. Quotes When I make a film, I’m constantly in doubt and sometimes it shows. But, deep down within myself, as though hidden, I carry absolute conviction that I share with no one. Abderrahmane SISSAKO,retrieved from FESTIVAL DE CANNES You can’t make a documentary where people aren’t free to speak. And the risk is that you make a film for the jihadists – because they’re the ones who are going to do the talking. The most terrible thing about this is that they are people like us. It’s always hard to say. But they are. It’s the only film of my own that makes me cry. I’ve cried several times watching it. Timbuktu's director: why I dared to show hostage-taking jihadis in a new light,By Danny Leigh retrieved on Thu 28 May 2015 External links Category:living people