Not many directors from Africa have received the critical and international respect and prestige Abderrahmane Sissako has enjoyed over the years. In a career spanning more than 30 years, the ...
In his first feature since 2014's Oscar-nominated 'Timbuktu,' the Mauritanian master travels from the Ivory Coast to China to Cape Verde, but never feels in his element. It’s altogether a mystifying ...
"It's very special." "I love the scent." "So do I." Gaumont in France has revealed the first promo trailer for an indie relationship drama titled Black Tea, a brand new film made by acclaimed ...
Oscar nominee Abderrahmane Sissako (“Timbuktu”) returns to the screen for the first time in nearly a decade with his latest feature, “Black Tea,” a lushly lensed romantic drama about a love spanning ...
Mauritania’s Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako (Timbuktu) has been named President of this year’s Cannes Cinefondation and Short Films Jury. Sissako, whose powerful Timbuktu ...
The latest feature from the ‘Timbuktu’ director follows an African bride who flees to China in order to start a new life. By Jordan Mintzer Part of reviewing films for trades like The Hollywood ...
The director began to weep while discussing his competition film's depiction of the brutal Islamic law that has been instituted in his home country of Mali. By The Associated Press Abderrahmane ...