"Timbuktu"
Timbuktu
Non loin de Tombouctou tombée sous le joug des extrémistes religieux, Kidane mène une vie simple et paisible dans les dunes, entouré de sa femme Satima, sa fille Toya et de Issan, son petit berger âgé de 12 ans. En ville, les habitants subissent, impuissants, le régime de terreur des djihadistes qui ont pris en otage leur foi. Fini la musi..
Tombouctou
1940, au début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale à Tombouctou, le colonel Dufort, accompagné de son épouse Natalie, vient prendre le commandement de la garnison française. Le pays est sous tension, un chef religieux, le seul capable de maintenir le calme parmi les tribus, est retenu prisonnier par un émir. Le colonel, aidé par le trafiquant d'ar..
Between Time and Timbuktu
A poet-astronaut is shot through an area of space called the Chronosynclastic Infundibulum. He is duplicated into infinite copies of himself, each of whom finds himself in a bizarre situations on a different world. (These scenarios are all derived from the novels and short stories of 'Kurt Vonnegut Jr.', including Cat's Cradle, Welcome to the Monke..
The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu
Aminatta Forna tells the story of legendary Timbuktu and its long hidden legacy of hundreds of thousands of ancient manuscripts. With its university founded around the same time as Oxford, Timbuktu is proof that the reading and writing of books have long been as important to Africans as to Europeans.
From Here to Timbuktu
Shorts from five countries (Australia, Japan, Russia, Slovenia, and United States) that all have to do with love. They are also all LGBT themed and/or directed.
Le trésor de Tombouctou, l'histoire d'un sauvetage
En avril 2012, la nuit s'abat sur Tombouctou : venus du nord du Mali et du désert, les djihadistes d'Ansar Dine envahissent la ville et font régner la terreur. Non content d'imposer (surtout aux femmes) une dictature se réclamant de la charia et du rejet du mode de vie occidental, le groupe armé s'attaque aussi à la culture et à l'histoire de..
The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu
On the edge of the vast Sahara desert, citizens snuck out of the city of Timbuktu and took to the wilderness. They buried chests in the desert sand, hid them in caves, and sealed them in secret rooms. Inside these chests was a treasure more valuable than gold: the city’s ancient books. Why were they hiding these priceless manuscripts? Elizabeth C..
Timbuktus verschollenes Erbe - Vom Sande verweht
In the Middle Ages, Timbuktu was not only a prosperous trading hub for Tuareg caravans that brought salt, gold and slaves from the south to Egypt and Morocco but also the capital of Islamic intellectual life in West Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries. Hundreds of thousands of manuscripts from this period still exist today, hidden, buried and fo..
The Lost Elephants of Timbuktu
One-hundred strong, the herd slowly makes its way through the shifting sands, following the promise of ephemeral desert rains. This is the remarkable, precarious, and untold story of a lost herd of elephants that live near the fabled city of Timbuktu. How the elephants survive in this seemingly barren, desolate landscape is a mystery. It is one how..
The Manuscripts of Timbuktu
This documentary demonstrates that Timbuktu was a leading cultural, economic, scientific and religious center that made a significant and lasting impact on Africa and the entire world.
The Ancient Astronomers of Timbuktu
For four hundred years Timbuktu was an academic centre of the world. The great manuscript archives from this period that solved matters such as determining the direction of Mecca and time keeping are in grave danger of being destroyed by the ravages of time. Scientists race against the clock to unlock the mysteries of this incredible library. Recre..
París-Tombuctú
The frustration and vital weariness of Michel des Assantes, a prestigious plastic surgeon in Paris, is unbearable: he has a wife whom he does not love, a son who is foreign to him and friends whom he despises but, at the same time, he is incapable of taking his own life. One day, he buys a bike from a bizarre cyclist who was to make the Paris-Timbu..
Viaje a Tombuctú
Trip to Timbuktu is the story of Ana and Lucho, two teenagers who live in Peru. Their story of love, which starts in childhood, reveals the changes which took place in this country during the 80's. For them, the only way to survive in the middle of violence, poverty and lack of opportunities is through their love, a sort of refuge which has as its ..
Ali Farka Touré: Springing from the Roots
Ali Farka Touré, the gifted musician and farmer, came from Timbuktu. Yes, there is a place called Timbuktu and it’s in Africa, in the loop of the Niger to be precise. As a child Ali never learned to read or write, but his early passion for a home-made one-string, violin-like instrument led him away from his humble roots to the music festivals of..
