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Jihadists

Original title: Jihadists
Year: 2016
Running time: 75 min.
Country: France
Director: François Margolin, Lemine Ould M. Salem
Screenwriter: François Margolin, Lemine Ould M. Salem
Cast: Documentary
Cinematography: François Margolin, Lemine Ould M. Salem
Producer: Co-production France-Mali-Mauritania-Tunisia;
Margo Cinema. Distributor: Cinema Libre Distribution
Genre: Documentary. War
Synopsis: François Margolin and Lemine Ould Salem expose the radical ideologists indoctrinating thousands of jihadists. They venture to Gao and Timbuktu in Mali to meet Omar Old Hamaha, head of jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia; to Mauritania, to meet a young imam from Nouakchott; and finally to Tunisia. The raw documentary also displays ISIS's propaganda images.

Critics' reviews

"Exactly what Margolin thinks is educational about showing unfiltered extremist ideology, however, is unclear (...) [It] appears remarkably uninterested in presenting these men in a more critical way than they would want."

Ben Kenigsberg: The New York Times

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Jihadists

2016

François Margolin, Lemine Ould M. Salem