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Baraka 1992
I get what Ron Fricke was trying to do, but this felt like a very orientalist take on environmentalism. The visuals are breathtaking, and it's truly unbelievable that images of this high quality were shot in 1992. Still, as a South Asian I felt little emotional connection to what was essentially a 90 minute National Geographic montage, of which every other scene could easily fit into one of those "how Hollywood portrays third-world countries" parodies. At times it even felt…
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This Is How a Child Becomes a Poet 2023
oh my god..... one of those films you watch and immediately re-inspire you to CREATE CREATE CREATE. Watch out for my filmclub newsletter debrief of this event once i finally put into words how amazing and life altering this night was but ohhhhhhhh my god until then all i can tell you is she's really a revolutionary you guys. We are so lucky to live in the same timeline. watched a sciamma short introduced by sciamma herself and then went…
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