Nelson Mandela's life and career receives a fond appreciation in Antoine Fuqua's Troublemaker, even if it avoids tougher questions.
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Keep ReadingEight documentary projects receive funding from the Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Fund supporting voices in African film and media.
Keep ReadingAn interview with Dahomey director Mati Diop about her documentary that observes the repatriation of Beninese artwork returning from France.
Keep ReadingMati Diop offers an enigmatic consideration of the ghosts of colonialism that haunt the present as artworks return to Africa in Dahomey.
Keep ReadingMade in Ethiopia observes the plight of workers in the Eastern Industry Zone of Dukem, Ethiopia.
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