'Timbuktu': How fundamentalists take the fun out of life
- 9 years ago
The spread of Islamic fundamentalism across Africa has flung many ordinary Muslims' lives into turmoil. That's why Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako decided to make the film "Timbuktu", which shows that fabled desert city struggling under harsh Islamist rule.
But the movie is more than just a critique of Sharia law. It also has a compelling story line, stunning Saharan landscapes and an immediacy that’s been enhanced by the recent jihadist surge in the Islamic world. As Sissoko tells France 24, he didn’t want to turn it into a Hollywood-style sensationalist blockbuster.
Plus, what do you get when you put four Iranian clerics and a secular documentary maker in a house for 48 hours? The result is a bit like a theological Big Brother. We take a look at the film "Iranian".
Finally, FRANCE 24's film critic Lisa Nesselson tells Jade Barker that Mike Leigh’s period drama "Mr Turner" is just as much an artistic masterpiece as one of Turner's own creations.
EDITOR'S NOTE – Apologies, Lisa Nesselson made a mistake on air: J.M.W. Turner was born in 1775 and died in 1851 and not 1951.
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But the movie is more than just a critique of Sharia law. It also has a compelling story line, stunning Saharan landscapes and an immediacy that’s been enhanced by the recent jihadist surge in the Islamic world. As Sissoko tells France 24, he didn’t want to turn it into a Hollywood-style sensationalist blockbuster.
Plus, what do you get when you put four Iranian clerics and a secular documentary maker in a house for 48 hours? The result is a bit like a theological Big Brother. We take a look at the film "Iranian".
Finally, FRANCE 24's film critic Lisa Nesselson tells Jade Barker that Mike Leigh’s period drama "Mr Turner" is just as much an artistic masterpiece as one of Turner's own creations.
EDITOR'S NOTE – Apologies, Lisa Nesselson made a mistake on air: J.M.W. Turner was born in 1775 and died in 1851 and not 1951.
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