Concerning Violence
Makes for compulsive and at times disturbing viewing as it tackles colonial rule head on, benefiting from singer Lauryn Hill's striking narration.
Concerning Violence
From the director of The Black Power Mixtape comes a bold and fresh visual narrative on Africa, based on newly discovered archive material covering the struggle for liberation from colonial rule in the late '60s and '70s, accompanied by text from Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth.
Genre
Documentary,
Drama,
History,
African-American Experience
Runtime
89
Language
English,
Swedish,
French,
Portuguese
Director
Göran Hugo Olsson
Awards:
Winner, Cinema Fairbindet Prize, Berlin International Film Festival
Nominee, Grand Jury Prize ~ World Cinema: Documentary, Sundance Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
A pulsing, echoing trumpet blast—repeated throughout—and some in-your-face political carnage identify Concerning Violence for what it is: a prickly, passionate call to arms. The director, Göran Olsson, isn't some bomb-throwing radical. Rather, he's a patient Swede who enjoys going through old ...
Played at
Lumiere Music Hall 12.12.14 - 12.18.14
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