The assassination of Marielle Franco mobilised an entire generation of Black women into Brazilian politics. From street demonstrations to the ballot box, Seeds: Black Women to the Front follows the journeys of women who stand in the 2018 election. The murder of Marielle Franco sent a message loud and clear: “If you are a Black…
Taiwan is an island nation surrounded by rich ocean life. But with territorial disputes on their shores, and risky sea journeys made to escape travel restrictions, the sea has become associated with trauma. Writer Liao Hung-chi and oceanic photographer Ray Chin try to return the place of the sea in Taiwanese popular culture back to…
The Colonel’s Stray Dogs refers the opponents of Gaddafi who went into exile, one of which was the filmmaker’s father. For 40 years Ashur Shamis’s life revolved around the overthrow of Colonel Gaddafi, but in the Libya that has emerged he still has no place, and no way to return home. In the aftermath of…
I really wanted to see this but missed it at the Take One Action film festival, so I was so glad to get another opportunity with Africa in Motion. It was well worth the watch. In the city of Zinder in Niger, is the Kara Kara district, traditionally the home of lepers and pariahs, today…
An animated short telling the legend of Lwanda Magere, a warrior who was gifted with skin as strong as stone, and the strength of ten men. His achilles heel is his shadow, a secret he keeps hidden from everyone. As a worthy young warrior he uses his power to protect his people from warring raiders,…
The Art of Fallism documents the history of the student protest movements in South Africa which began in 2015, starting with #RhodesMustFall and ending with #TransCapture. It interviews artist-activists, giving their first-hand accounts of the events from their perspectives. Like any movement, there is as much challenge building solidarity within as destroying oppression without. I…
A Cemetery Of Doves is a short film with no dialogue, following a young gay man as he experiences love and rejection for the first time. The film begins with the quote, “Silence is the language of God. All else is poor translation.” It then tries to encompass all the emotion of love and loss…
Absolutely excellent. Outstanding short film. A dorlis is like an incubus, a evil spirit which enters homes at night and commits sexual attacks upon the inhabitants. Dorlis the film is like a kitchen sink drama, but also a horror movie. Which for women is often the same thing, as the place we are least safe…
Yerusalem is, as billed, the incredible story of the Ethiopian Jewry. Known to the Ethiopians as ‘Falasha’, a term meaning foreigner, which is now considered derogatory. At one point their struggles are summed up quite succinctly by an activist, “The Falasha problem is really two problems. They are Jewish among the Blacks, and then they…
Literally the two worst things I can imagine is being trapped underground and drowning. So for me, the trailer for this looked like a horror film. The Descent or something. The Rescue is a documentary about the attempt to rescue 12 Thai schoolboys and their football coach from a flooded underground cave. The story made…