By Benjamin Akpan Canadian-Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has devoted her half-a-century long career to highlighting stories that advocate for First Nations people. At 87 years old, she has directed 53 documentaries that bring light to the issues and successes of Indigenous Canadian groups. Obomsawin has never concerned herself with entertaining viewers; the painstaking manner with which she approaches her subjects proves that all she cares for is the point she seeks to make, and – 53 films in – she has never failed in getting her point across.
By Fatima Husain Nigerian film director Abba Makama’s latest feature The Lost Okoroshi premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival ’19, exposing Western audiences to a fusion of Nigerian myths and traditions. The film, a rare venture on the big screen, as Nigerian cinema (or Nollywood) - although the second biggest film industry - remains widely underrepresented at many international festivals.
By Benjamin Akpan The year is 2020, and there’s nothing worse in America than being Black. Actually, there’s nothing worse than being gay. Of course, you could be both Black and gay, which is surely a larger recipe for disaster than being either. But The Obituary of Tunde Johnson, Ali LeRoi’s feature debut, posits that there could be something much worse: being a dead, gay Black person. And as if death is not the end-all of worst-case scenarios, try this for size: reliving one’s death as a gay person-of-colour.
By Benjamin Akpan John Crowley is a film director, whose last feature film — 2015’s Brooklyn — seemingly solidified him as a director to watch. Earning him the BAFTA for Best British Film, Brooklyn is a touching tale with a delightful visual style, led by Saoirse Ronan’s endearing performance. Donna Tartt’s novel The Goldfinch is a Pulitzer award-winning work with complex, lovable characters set in a world that is flowery and full of life. Though critically divisive, the novel is nonetheless a poetic story rich with action, mystery, and romance that keeps you deeply immersed until the last of its nearly 800 pages.
By Fatima Husain A young teenage girl (Yi) and an adorable YETI set out on an unprecedented adventure from Shanghai, China to the Himalayas. Together, their journey of self-discovery and finding ‘home’, along with their mischievous friends, makes Adominable a flick to enjoy.
By Fatima Husain Crime, sexuality, gender, and tolerance – adequate to sum up the theme to Director Geetu Mohandas' latest bilingual Indian feature; The Elder One (Moothon).
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