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Following 2011's The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, filmmaker Göran Olsson furthers his historical examination of African independence with this documentary that...
Following 2011's The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, filmmaker Göran Olsson furthers his historical examination of African independence with this documentary that details the uprisings that led to Africa’s decolonisation. Narrated by Lauryn Hill.
"Once again, Olsson concentrates on archive material filmed in Africa by Swedish documentary filmmakers and television journalists between 1966 and 1984. Footage of liberation movements in Angola, the Frelimo in Mozambique and the struggle for independence in Guinea-Bissau are juxtaposed with documentary images of Swedish missionaries in Tanzania and a strike in a Swedish mine in Liberia... even 50 years after Fanon’s death, Africa is still having to deal with the consequences of centuries of European raids and interventions." (Berlin International Film Festival)
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"A pulsing, echoing trumpet blast-repeated throughout-and some in-your-face political carnage."
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Time Out
Time Out"Makes for compulsive and at times disturbing viewing as it tackles colonial rule head on."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"Armed with a legitimacy as startling as its content, it is a superbly executed document of a pivotal, inevitable era in 20th-century history."
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SBS
SBS"A tough and cerebral but finally illuminating documentary about the decolonization of Africa."
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Hollywood Reporter
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Award winner- Cinema Fairbindet Prize winner, Berlin Film Festival 2014
- Rating
- Exempt,
- Runtime
- 78
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- Sweden, USA, Denmark, Finland
