Being nominated is great for the continent and Mauritania ... (But) You cannot say that cinema is established because there is a festival, when you have countries that produce one film a year or one film every three years, which is the reality of African nations, cinema is not well established.

Abderrahmane Sissako

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Being an African filmmaker, Africa is what's important for me. If I were to shot a film in France or elsewhere it would only be because the story that was being told was something that concerned me, and that really called me or needed to be shown on the screen.

Abderrahmane Sissako

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The role of the artist is to be the witness of life, timbuktu. by Abderrahmane Sissako

The role of the artist is to be the witness of life, timbuktu.

Abderrahmane Sissako

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Music is one of the most beautiful things in the world. It's univ... by Abderrahmane Sissako

Music is one of the most beautiful things in the world. It's universal.

Abderrahmane Sissako

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I'm the only Mauritanian filmmaker so it wouldn't make sense to make a film in France. I could shoot outside of my own country if the story was something that called for it. Africa really has to be the reason for me to make a new film.

Abderrahmane Sissako

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Islam never tells people to go out and kill other people. by Abderrahmane Sissako

Islam never tells people to go out and kill other people.

Abderrahmane Sissako

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Every religion has had people going out and killing in the name of it. But that's not what religion is.

Abderrahmane Sissako

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Music is human vibration. It makes humans vibrate and takes them... by Abderrahmane Sissako

Music is human vibration. It makes humans vibrate and takes them someplace else.

Abderrahmane Sissako

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Of course, technology is very important now. It's there, its available. It's there to be use however you see fit. You can use it and the jihadist can use it. In their case they have been very effective at making use of technology, particularly with websites. It's primarily through these websites that they do their recruiting. But it's not technology that makes them that way.

Abderrahmane Sissako

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I think that people don't necessary fight with or aren't necessarily beaten by weapons, but it' through their minds and what they think they can do.

Abderrahmane Sissako

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There is a lack of political vision in nearly all the countries, wherever there is no culture it is not a good thing.

Abderrahmane Sissako

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We have to be clear - the salafists are a step backwards for society, this is not something that we can resolve in two years. It is much more complex than that.

Abderrahmane Sissako

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When you have countries that produce one film a year or one film every three years, which is the reality of African nations, cinema is not well established.

Abderrahmane Sissako

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You should not minimize what NATO did in Libya. This was a major factor yet there has been a silence over this.

Abderrahmane Sissako

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For me, the victim is only personal, the humanity - that is the v... by Abderrahmane Sissako

For me, the victim is only personal, the humanity - that is the victim (of) this situation.

Abderrahmane Sissako

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I'm here because I'm African ... Africa needs to be more considered because Africa is not only war or famine.

Abderrahmane Sissako

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