film reviews
“Burning Angel Dust”: Female circumcision at the Pan African Film Festival
February 27, 2018"Burning Angel Dust" was a short narrative with a powerful message that screened in this city’s recent Pan African Film Festival.
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Pan African films off the beaten track from PAFF
February 23, 2018In addition to what I’ve previously written, here’s a wrapup of the other works I saw at PAFF 2018.
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“The Young Karl Marx”: A revolutionary specter haunts your local movie theatre
February 21, 2018Hopefully this is a film that will resonate and inspire young activists starving from a lack of viable revolutionary alternatives.
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Connect, inspire, soar: The 2018 Pan African Film and Arts Festival
February 5, 2018Everyone, regardless of race our ethnicity, will find something to relate to in any number of these films.
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“Hostiles”: An apology for imperialism in a colorful package
February 1, 2018If a film references actual history and includes stunning visuals and acting, it can become accepted and internalized as “the truth.” Such is the case here.
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