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Abderrahmane Sissako

(1961) Film Producer

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Abderrahmane Sissako is a film producer.

Quick Facts About Abderrahmane Sissako

Born: October 13, 1961
Profession: Film Producer

About Abderrahmane Sissako

[Wikidata] Mauritanian film director and film producer (born 1961)... | [Wikipedia] Abderrahmane Sissako is a Mauritanian-born Malian film director and producer. His film Waiting for Happiness (Heremakono) was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival official selection under Un Certain Regard, winning a FIPRESCI Prize. His 2006 film Bamako received much attention. Sissako's themes

Quotes by Abderrahmane Sissako

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

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Art

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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.

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Going out

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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…

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Cinema

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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…

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Available

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

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Islam

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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…

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Beaten

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

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Humans

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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…

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Cinema

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

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Beautiful

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