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Timbuktu

2014

When jihadist militants seize the ancient city of Timbuktu and impose a harsh new order, a gentle cattle herder living peacefully in the dunes nearby is swept into their brutal justice. Abderrahmane Sissako's gorgeous, devastating drama.

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