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

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

- Abderrahmane Sissako

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 somet…

- Abderrahmane Sissako

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…

- Abderrahmane Sissako

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

- Abderrahmane Sissako

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

- Abderrahmane Sissako

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

- Abderrahmane Sissako

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

- Abderrahmane Sissako

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 tha…

- Abderrahmane Sissako