(Text: Hannah Mak)

HONG KONG, March 23, 2016 – Abderrahmane Sissako, director of the Oscar-nominated film, Timbuktu, joined the Q&A session with audience following a screening at Asia Society Hong Kong Center's Miller Theater. Sissako shared his inspiration for the film. He also mentioned that as an artist, it is his responsibility to uncover this part of the country to the world so people can deeply understand what is happening in the western part of Africa.