Post-screening discussion led by Debora Johnson-Ross, associate professor of political science and international studies

A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives, which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith, abruptly disturbed. An Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, this French-Mauritanian drama was influenced by real events. In French, with English subtitles. (2014, 97 minutes, PG-13)