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Zaho Zay Review: A Family Story, Complete with Murder and Dice

by Liam Lacey
May 3, 2021August 9, 2021
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Set on the island of Madagascar, the experimental Zaho Zay is a hybrid documentary, drama and poetic reverie that defies paraphrase. Co-directed by French Malagasy filmmaker Maéva Ranaïvojaona, and Austrian filmmaker Georg

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Faya Dayi and Rift Finfinnee show Ethiopia’s struggles—but in avant-garde formats

by Daniel Glassman
May 2, 2021August 9, 2021
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Jessica Beshir’s lyrical Faya Dayi and Daniel Kötter’s formalist Rift Finfinnee, two oddly similar films set in an Ethiopia struggling with the upheavals of urbanization and industrialization, are almost excellent movies. Both

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The Last Shelter Review: Generation Africa

by Liam Lacey
May 1, 2021August 9, 2021
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The small city of Gao, in northeastern Mali, is a gateway for tens of thousands of African migrants attempting to make their way across the Sahara to the Mediterranean and Europe. Considered

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POV Sundance Documentary Report: Part 4

by Pat Mullen Jason Gorber
February 1, 2021October 6, 2021
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Reviews of Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It, Bring Your Own Brigade, Faya Dayi, and Playing with Sharks from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.

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TIFF 2020: Downstream to Kinshasa Review

by Pat Mullen
September 14, 2020August 14, 2021
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This sombre but reflective verité-style film gives voice to survivors of the Six-Day War, which ravaged the director’s hometown of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Hot Docs Review: ‘I Am Samuel’

by Pat Mullen
May 27, 2020December 11, 2021
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I Am Samuel (Kenya/USA/Canada, 70 min.) Dir. Pete Murimi Program: World Showcase (World Premiere) I Am Samuel is a work of true bravery. This verité-style feature directorial debut from Pete Murimi offers an

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From Kenya with Love and Fear

by Liam Lacey
May 25, 2020August 21, 2021
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Hot Docs' 2020 opening night film Softie by director Sam Soko and EyeSteelFilm is a portrait of photojournalist and activist Boniface “Softie” Mwangi.

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Review: ‘The Sound of Masks’

by Pat Mullen
April 24, 2019August 28, 2021
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The Sound of Masks (South Africa/Portugal, 70 min.) Dir. Sara CF de Gouvei Programme: Artscapes (North American Premiere) The Sound of Masks is a wicked cool arts doc about the power of dance.

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