Beshir keeps an eye on the natural environment as well as the sociopolitics, including the oppression of the Oromo people, while allowing a mythic element concerning the hunt for the water of life to flow alongside.
A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations – and Ethiopia’s most lucrative cash crop today. A tapestry of intimate stories offers a window into the dreams of youth under a repressive regime.
By animating the whole movie, Rasmussen makes the story feel more immersive and of a whole piece.
Amin arrived as an unaccompanied minor in Denmark from Afghanistan. Today, he is a successful academic and is getting married to his long-time boyfriend. A secret he has been hiding for 20 years threatens to ruin the life he has built.
(Country: Denmark, France, Sweden, Norway; Year: 2021; Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen; Writer: Jonas Poher Rasmussen)
An examination of Thomas King's brilliant dismantling of North America's colonial narrative, which reframes history with the powerful voices of those continuing the tradition of Indigenous resistance.
(Country: Canada; Year: 2020; Director: Michelle Latimer; Stars: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Nyla Innuksuk, Thomas King, Gail Maurice, Kent Monkman, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Nyla Innuksuk, Thomas King, Gail Maurice, Kent Monkman)
In a world where we are, not without reason, encouraged to "believe victims" this film acts as a cautionary tale that while sympathy is natural and good, at least a little light scepticism can go a long way.
A woman's Holocaust memoir takes the world by storm, but a fallout with her publisher-turned-detective reveals her story as an audacious deception created to hide a darker truth.
(Country: Belgium, UK; Year: 2021; Director: Sam Hobkinson; Writer: Sam Hobkinson)
Review preview for The Most Beautiful Boy In The World
Plays out as a not entirely satisfying mix of film history and a particularly melancholic episode of Who Do You Think You Are?
Swedish actor/musician Björn Andresen's life was forever changed at the age of 15, when he played Tadzio, the object of Dirk Bogarde's obsession in Death in Venice – a role which led Italian maestro Luchino Visconti to dub him "the world's most beautiful boy".
(Country: Sweden; Year: 2021; Director: Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri; Writer: Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri; Stars: Björn Andrésen)
Valerie Taylor is a shark fanatic and an Australian icon – a marine maverick who forged her way as a fearless diver, cinematographer and conservationist. She filmed the real sharks for Jaws and famously wore a chainmail suit, using herself as shark bait, changing our scientific understanding of sharks forever.
Watching Chamisa himself walk through crowds will set your nerves on edge as Neilsson’s camera reveals just how vulnerable he is.
Zimbabwe is at a crossroads. The leader of the opposition MDC party, Nelson Chamisa, challenges the old guard ZANU-PF led by Emmerson Mnangagwa, known as "The Crocodile." The election tests both the ruling party and the opposition – how do they interpret principles of democracy in discourse and in practice?
A thoughtful depiction of how human rights violations can create a ripple effect of emotional scars, both in the victims and the people trying to help them.
With just a mobile phone and a gun, Mahmud, Ziyad and their group risk their lives trying to save Yazidi women and girls being held by ISIS as Sabaya (abducted sex slaves) in the most dangerous camp in the Middle East, Al-Hol in Syria.
Writing with Fire deftly infuses hope and inspiration into what could rightfully have been a wholly dire depiction of India’s most trodden-upon population.
In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India's only newspaper run by Dalit women. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions on the frontlines of India's biggest issues and within the confines of their own homes, redefining what it means to be powerful.
