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Close-Up 1990
Do you prefer to be Makhmalbalf or Sabzian?
This is truly one of the best films I’ve ever watched.
Close Up is a revelation, a milestone in filmmaking that redefines what cinema can be. Whether this is a story of deception or devotion depends entirely on how deeply you’ve ever fallen in love with a medium.
I love this art form because just when I think I’ve grasped its boundaries, a film like this comes along and shows me that I know nothing at all.
Abbas Kiarostami was a gift to this world. May he rest in peace.
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Taste of Cherry 1997
“You want to give up the taste of cherries?”
This is a deeply human film about the weight of existence and the small, unexpected things that tether us to life. Mr Badii desperately wants to die but what I saw was that he wants some acknowledgment, for someone to witness him, to affirm his presence, even in his absence.
It reminds us that life’s meaning is not handed to us, it comes from within. You must go out everyday in search for it and sometimes, all it takes to discover it is an encounter, a sunrise, or the taste of fruit.
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We Come as Friends 2014
Theres a moment with a government official that is very revealing because he proudly declares that foreigners are welcome in South Sudan, saying his people will even clean the factories that these outsiders will build. It’s such a stark example of the internalized inferiority that colonialism and now neocolonialism have embedded into African leadership. Instead of advocating for South Sudanese ownership over their own industries and resources, he’s openly inviting foreign investors to take control while positioning his own people…
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The Wagoner 1963
was this made in 1963 or 2024?
The juxtaposition of the waggoner’s impoverished world with the elite bourgeois neighbourhoods of Dakar, exposes how colonialism’s power structures still persist in new forms after independence. The contrasts in wealth and opportunity underline how so called “independence” left many Africans trapped in cycles of exploitation and inequality. The film is a sobering reminder that colonialism did not end it merely evolved.
Borom Sarret is a lens through which we can examine our shared…
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