Toumast - Guitars and Kalashnikovs
©maximage 2010
Japan Premiere
2010 Cinema for Peace Award for Most Valuable Documentary Nominee
Directed by Dominique Margot
Switzerland / 2010 / 88min / Documentary
English audio/subtitles
Guided by Moussa, a musician and ex-rebel who was born in the valley of Asawagh on the border of Mali and Niger, this film retraces the recent history of the Tuaregs; a fragmented history made of suffering, wandering, revolt and injustice, but also of travel, comfort and hope.