Watch The Gorgeous Trailer For Mauritania’s Oscar-Nominated ‘Timbuktu’
By Angie Han/Jan. 28, 2015 11:00 am EST
Among this year’s crop is Timbuktu, Mauritania’s first-ever entry for the prize. Though it’s racked up praise on the festival circuit, it’s only now getting a proper theatrical rollout in the U.S. Get yourself ready by watching the Timbuktu trailer after the jump.
Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, the drama follows a family in fundamentalist-ruled Mali. The first trailer hints at the way a cruel regime intrudes into an otherwise peaceful existence. Happy family scenes give way to disturbing images of Jihadists with machine guns. Even a woman’s serene singing is cut off by the sound of gunfire.
The film has received rave reviews from critics, who’ve called Timbuktu “an unflinching, quietly furious exploration of life under radical Islamist rule” and Sissako “one of the true humanists of recent cinema.”
Timbuktu is in select theaters this weekend. Visit the Cohen Media website to find out if it’s playing near you.
