Analysis Of The Movie Timbuktu - 1353 Words

Timbuktu, a movie that dares to humanize Jihadists begins its opening scene with a group of Jihadists in a pick-up truck driving after a gazelle across the desert. The Jihadists intermittent gunshots at the gazelle shows their goal was not to kill the animal, but to exhaust and scare it. The Jihadists want to exude power and instill fear to the people of Timbuktu, just like they were doing to the gazelle. Shortly after, the next scene shows the same men shooting and destroying traditional relics like masks and statues. Their goals of causing damage were blatant, with a constant stream of gunshots aimed at the artifacts. In the Jihadists’ eyes, physical statuettes avert people’s affection from the actual God and to the statues. Shooting the artifacts eliminates the physical distraction in hope of having the people’s attention focused on their God. This is a complete eradication of the preexisting culture, and installing the Jihadist’s notions and ideologies . Both scenes depict haphazard, senseless brutality and exemplify the Jihadists clear intentions of removing African culture, and installing an Islamic extremism one. Chasing away the gazelle is figurative for chasing away the traditional African customs and culture. This scene is very significant because it immediately identifies the groups; the Jihadists are the oppressors, and the common African people are the subjugated. Abderrahmane Sissako in his film Timbuktu shows the African cultures being expunged by the JihadistsShow MoreRelatedBackground Inditex, One of the Worlds Largest Fashion Distributors, Has Eight Major Sales Formats - Zara, Pull and Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home Y Kiddys Class- with 3.147 Stores in 70100262 Words   |  402 Pagesme set up the interviews with 1st tier suppliers to HM in Turkey. Thank you also to all my excellent fellow FLIPPers: Calle, Lotta, Chris, Mà ¥rten, Ã…ke, Lars, Thomas and Hà ¥kan at the IIIEE, Emma, J ohan, AnneMarie and Kicki at Environmental Systems Analysis at Chalmers University, and all the other researchers that have contributed to the FLIPP programme though different projects. I always enjoyed our meetings and it has been a great privilege to learn from your research and your experiences. A very