After it makes its American premiere at the New York Film Festival, which is running now until October 12, Abderrahmane Sissako’s acclaimed dramatic film, "Timbuktu," will travel to the Midwest, where it will be screened at the 50th Anniversary Chicago International Film Festival, which runs from Oct. 9th to 23rd
The film, which made its world premiere at the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, where it received a 10-minute-long standing ovation, tells the story of what happens when people living in northern Mali deal with and eventually resist a jihadist takeover by some militant Islamic rebels,
The film was picked up at the Cannes Film…
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