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The 75 best movies by Black directors—and where they’re streaming.
1 year, 9 months ago

The 75 best movies by Black directors—and where they’re streaming.

Slate  

Seven years ago—when #OscarsSoWhite was a hot topic and Obama was still president—Slate published the Black Film Canon, a list of 50 of the best and most culturally significant films by Black directors. “Dash insisted on making a migration film that would rely on the vibrancy of images, the richness of Gullah cultural rituals and its African rooted ancestral signification, …

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Russia’s Lavrov vows aid for W Africa fight against armed groups
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia’s Lavrov vows aid for W Africa fight against armed groups

Al Jazeera  

Moscow is seeking to expand its influence in Africa as a diplomatic tug-of-war between global powers continues on the continent. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has pledged assistance to West African states battling armed groups, as Moscow seeks to expand its influence on a continent in a diplomatic tug-of-war between global powers. Lavrov on Tuesday hailed the alliance that has …

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Review: Spellbinding ‘Saint Omer’ straddles truth, fiction
1 year, 11 months ago

Review: Spellbinding ‘Saint Omer’ straddles truth, fiction

Associated Press  

First, the real-life facts of the case, more shocking than you’ll find in most fiction: In November 2013, a mother took a train from Paris to the northern French coast, along with her 15-month old daughter. Like Kabou a woman of Senegalese descent, Diop had been fascinated by the case since she’d seen a grainy surveillance photo in a newspaper …

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Q&A: Filmmaker Alice Diop mines darkness in ‘Saint Omer’
1 year, 11 months ago

Q&A: Filmmaker Alice Diop mines darkness in ‘Saint Omer’

Associated Press  

In 2016, French documentary filmmaker Alice Diop made an unusual decision. But what she witnessed over the course of those few days would inspire her first narrative film, “ Saint Omer,” which opens in U.S. theaters Friday. Since winning the feature debut award at the Venice Film Festival, “Saint Omer” has continued to collect accolades and nominations, including a spot …

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Inside the tale of a real-life child killer so intense it made its director faint
1 year, 11 months ago

Inside the tale of a real-life child killer so intense it made its director faint

LA Times  

In 2016, filmmaker Alice Diop attended the trial of Fabienne Kabou, who had admitted to killing her 15-month-old daughter, Adélaïde. The film was born of the texture of that exchange and the quality of that dialogue that I could not have made up even if I was the greatest dialogist.” She adds that including fictionalized aspects “allowed us to explore …

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