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On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa

1999 documentary film by Jean-Claude Lubtchansky
Movie film Q101467524
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On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa

Summary

On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's instance of is recorded as Explorers in Africa — instance of (P31): film[3].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's director is recorded as Explorers in Africa — director (P57): Jean-Claude Lubtchansky[4].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's genre is recorded as Explorers in Africa — genre (P136): documentary film[5].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's based on is recorded as Explorers in Africa — based on (P144): Vers Tombouctou : L'Afrique des explorateurs II[6].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's part of the series is recorded as Explorers in Africa — part of the series (P179): The Human Adventure[7].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 385537330[8].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's production company is recorded as Explorers in Africa — production company (P272): Arte France[9].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's production company is recorded as Explorers in Africa — production company (P272): Éditions Gallimard[10].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's production company is recorded as Explorers in Africa — production company (P272): Trans Europe Film[11].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Explorers in Africa — original language of film or TV show (P364): French of France[12].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's color is recorded as Explorers in Africa — color (P462): color[13].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's country of origin is recorded as Explorers in Africa — country of origin (P495): France[14].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's publication date is recorded as +1999-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's described at URL is recorded as http://africine.org/film/vers-tombouctou-lafrique-des-explorateurs/4800[16].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's described at URL is recorded as https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1999/10/31/tombouctou-la-mysterieuse_3598538_1819218.html[17].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's described at URL is recorded as http://fr.1001mags.com/parution/arte-magazine/numero-46-10-nov-2001/page-4-5-texte-integral[18].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's described at URL is recorded as https://programm.ard.de/TV/arte/auf-nach-timbuktu-/eid_287245783979402[19].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's title is recorded as Vers Tombouctou : L’Afrique des explorateurs[20].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's has characteristic is recorded as Explorers in Africa — has characteristic (P1552): film based on book[21].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's after a work by is recorded as Explorers in Africa — after a work by (P1877): Anne Hugon[22].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7727', 'amount': '+52'}[23].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's narrator is recorded as Explorers in Africa — narrator (P2438): François Marthouret[24].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's narrator is recorded as Explorers in Africa — narrator (P2438): Yves Lambrecht[25].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's narrator is recorded as Explorers in Africa — narrator (P2438): Richard Sammel[26].
  • On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11qnk8c3v9[27].

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Authorship and Creation

On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's director is recorded as Explorers in Africa — director (P57): Jean-Claude Lubtchansky[4].

Publication

On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's publication date is recorded as +1999-00-00T00:00:00Z[15]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as Explorers in Africa — original language of film or TV show (P364): French of France[12]. Its genre is recorded as Explorers in Africa — genre (P136): documentary film[5]. Its part of the series is recorded as Explorers in Africa — part of the series (P179): The Human Adventure[7].

Subject and Themes

On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's part of the series is recorded as Explorers in Africa — part of the series (P179): The Human Adventure[7].

Adaptations and Inspiration

On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa's after a work by is recorded as Explorers in Africa — after a work by (P1877): Anne Hugon[22].

Why It Matters

On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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