Project Notes
I Feel Like A Spy0:00/494.0586671× I have mentioned previously that I bought three editions of the Great African Films series (Volumes 2, 3 and 4) and being a completist knew that I would need to track down copies of 1 and 5. I’d set up eBay
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Burkina Faso0:00/264.3413331× It became clear quite quickly that much of Africa was going to be an issue for me. I faced three distinct problems: 1. I need a film on disc 2. I need subtitles 3. I am not in Africa Nearly all countries in Africa have
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Chad0:00/280.5546671× In case I’ve not already made it clear, I should explain what I’m looking for in a film. I want to be entertained, yes, but I also want to be treated as an intelligent adult: I don’t want to be given easy answers
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Algeria0:00/164.0746671× It was always going to happen eventually: I was going to see a film I didn’t like. I’d half-expected it to be the first film I watched (irony is like that) but was surprised by my raunchy thriller from the Democratic Republic of
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Senegal0:00/203.4986671× Senegal’s The Pirogue (2012) was billed as a drama, so I was rather unprepared for what turned out to be a harrowing survival movie. The plot itself could be from any current newspaper headline: a group of illegal immigrants attempt a secretive sea crossing (in