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Banned in France (released as ‘Salfistes’), JIHADISTS goes deep into the heart of the Salafi movement, to reveal the inner workings of extremist Islam.
A pair of Western filmmakers were granted unparalleled access to fundamentalist clerics of Sunni Islam who proselytize for a “purer” form of Islam--including jihad of the sword--in Mali, Tunisia, Iraq and Afghanistan. Their theoretical interpretations are juxtaposed against images and footage from recruitment videos to show the hardline application of sharia law. Without experts contextualizing these events, the film, which inspired the Oscar-nominated feature, “Timbuktu”, paints a stark portrait of everyday life under jihadi rule.
Original Release
01/27/2016
US Release
01/25/2019
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Oumar Ould Hamaha | Self |
François Margolin | Self |
Directors
François Margolin, Lemine Ould M. Salem
Writers
François Margolin, Lemine Ould M. Salem
Cast
Name | Character |
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Oumar Ould Hamaha | Self |
François Margolin | Self |