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Volume 57 - Issue 1 - April 2014

African Studies Review Volume 57 - Issue 1 -

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FILM REVIEWS

FEATURE FILMS - Andrew Dosunmu, dir. Mother of George. 2013. Nigeria/U.S. English and Yoruba, with English subtitles. 106 minutes. New York. Distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratory. Price not reported.
Jude G. Akudinobi
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09 April 2014, pp. 227-229
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Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, dir. Grigris. 2013. 103 minutes. French and Chadian Arabic. Chad. Pili Films. €20.00.
Anaïs Angelo
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09 April 2014, pp. 229-231
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David Gritonga, dir. Nairobi Half Life. 2012. 96 minutes. Kikuyu, Swahili, and English. Kenya. One Fine Day Films. No price reported.
James Hodapp
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09 April 2014, pp. 231-233
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Zézé Gamboa, dir. The Hero. Original title: O Herói. 2004. 97 minutes. Portuguese (with English subtitles). Angola/Portugal/France. David & Golias. $24.95.
R. Joseph Parrott
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09 April 2014, pp. 233-234
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DOCUMENTARIES - Ilja Kok and Willem Timmers, dirs. Framing the Other. 2011. 25 minutes. English and Mursi with English and French subtitles. Netherlands and Ethiopia. I Camera You/ Ethiopian Film Initiative co-production. €275.00.
Genevieve Hyacinthe
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09 April 2014, pp. 235-236
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Dagmar Schultz, dir. Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992. 2012. English and German. 79 minutes. New York. Third World Newsreel. $225.00.
Patricia-Pia Célérier
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09 April 2014, pp. 237-238
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Osvalde Lewat, dir. Black Business. 2008. Original title: Une affaire de nègres. 88 minutes. French. Cameroon/France. AMIP, Waza Images, and Les Films du Paradoxe. €19.90. Available for free viewing with English subtitles athttp://www.cultureunplugged.com.
Rachel Gabara
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09 April 2014, pp. 238-240
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Michael Wanguhu, dir. Hip Hop Colony. 2005. 96 mins. English (with some Swahili). Kenya. Emerge Media Films. $14.99.
Mickie Mwanzia Koster
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09 April 2014, pp. 240-242
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Rebecca Richman Cohen, dir. War Don Don. 2010. 85 min. In English and Krio, with English subtitles. U.S. Racing Horse Productions and Naked Edge Films. $29.95.
Manouchka Kelly Labouba
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09 April 2014, pp. 242-244
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Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall, dirs. Call Me Kuchu. 2012. 87 minutes. English. U.S. and Uganda. Cinedigm and Docuramafilms. $21.87. - Roger Ross Williams, dir. God Loves Uganda. 2013. 90 minutes. English and Luganda (with English subtitles). U.S. and Uganda. Full Credit Productions and Motto Pictures Production. Price not reported.
Suzanne Ondrus
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09 April 2014, pp. 244-246
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Ike Bertels, dir. Guerilla Grannies: How to Live in This World. 2012. English, Portuguese, Yao, Nyanja (with English subtitles). 90 minutes. Burgdorf, Switzerland. DNU Films. $398.00. 2012.
R. Joseph Parrott
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09 April 2014, pp. 246-248
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Jo Menell and Angus Gibson, dirs. Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation. 1997. 155 minutes. English. South Africa and U.S. Palm Pictures. $19.97.
Toni Pressley-Sanon
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09 April 2014, pp. 248-250
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Joanne Burke, dir. When African Americans Came to Paris. 2012. Six films, 4–8 minutes each. English. New York. Blue Lion Films. $100.00.
Toni Pressley-Sanon
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09 April 2014, pp. 250-252
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Susan Vogel, dir. Fold Crumple Crush: The Art of El Anatsui. 2011. 53 minutes plus 28 minutes of shorts. English. U.S. Icarus Films. $29.98.
Toni Pressley-Sanon
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09 April 2014, pp. 252-253
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Nic Young and Joe Kennedy, dirs. Slave Ship Mutiny. 2010. 60 minutes. English. U.S. PBS. $24.99.
Toni Pressley-Sanon
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09 April 2014, pp. 253-255
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Kevin Merz, dir. Glorious Exit. 2008. 75 Minutes. English and German (with English subtitles). Switzerland. ArtMattan. $245.00.
Sasha Rossman
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09 April 2014, pp. 255-256
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Khady Sylla, dir. An Open Window. 2005. Original title: Une fenêtre ouverte. 52 minutes. In Wolof and French (with English subtitles). Athénaïse, Senegal. Guiss Guiss Communication. No price reported.
Sasha Rossman
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09 April 2014, pp. 257-258
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Simon Bright, dir. Robert Mugabe…What Happened?2011. 84 minutes. English and local languages (subtitled in English). U.S. Cinema Guild. $295.00.
Kangsen Feka Wakai
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09 April 2014, pp. 258-260
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FILM REVIEWS

FEATURE FILMS - Andrew Dosunmu, dir. Mother of George. 2013. Nigeria/U.S. English and Yoruba, with English subtitles. 106 minutes. New York. Distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratory. Price not reported.

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, dir. Grigris. 2013. 103 minutes. French and Chadian Arabic. Chad. Pili Films. €20.00.

David Gritonga, dir. Nairobi Half Life. 2012. 96 minutes. Kikuyu, Swahili, and English. Kenya. One Fine Day Films. No price reported.

Zézé Gamboa, dir. The Hero. Original title: O Herói. 2004. 97 minutes. Portuguese (with English subtitles). Angola/Portugal/France. David & Golias. $24.95.

DOCUMENTARIES - Ilja Kok and Willem Timmers, dirs. Framing the Other. 2011. 25 minutes. English and Mursi with English and French subtitles. Netherlands and Ethiopia. I Camera You/ Ethiopian Film Initiative co-production. €275.00.

Dagmar Schultz, dir. Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992. 2012. English and German. 79 minutes. New York. Third World Newsreel. $225.00.

Osvalde Lewat, dir. Black Business. 2008. Original title: Une affaire de nègres. 88 minutes. French. Cameroon/France. AMIP, Waza Images, and Les Films du Paradoxe. €19.90. Available for free viewing with English subtitles athttp://www.cultureunplugged.com.

Michael Wanguhu, dir. Hip Hop Colony. 2005. 96 mins. English (with some Swahili). Kenya. Emerge Media Films. $14.99.

Rebecca Richman Cohen, dir. War Don Don. 2010. 85 min. In English and Krio, with English subtitles. U.S. Racing Horse Productions and Naked Edge Films. $29.95.

Ike Bertels, dir. Guerilla Grannies: How to Live in This World. 2012. English, Portuguese, Yao, Nyanja (with English subtitles). 90 minutes. Burgdorf, Switzerland. DNU Films. $398.00. 2012.

Jo Menell and Angus Gibson, dirs. Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation. 1997. 155 minutes. English. South Africa and U.S. Palm Pictures. $19.97.

Joanne Burke, dir. When African Americans Came to Paris. 2012. Six films, 4–8 minutes each. English. New York. Blue Lion Films. $100.00.

Susan Vogel, dir. Fold Crumple Crush: The Art of El Anatsui. 2011. 53 minutes plus 28 minutes of shorts. English. U.S. Icarus Films. $29.98.

Nic Young and Joe Kennedy, dirs. Slave Ship Mutiny. 2010. 60 minutes. English. U.S. PBS. $24.99.

Kevin Merz, dir. Glorious Exit. 2008. 75 Minutes. English and German (with English subtitles). Switzerland. ArtMattan. $245.00.

Khady Sylla, dir. An Open Window. 2005. Original title: Une fenêtre ouverte. 52 minutes. In Wolof and French (with English subtitles). Athénaïse, Senegal. Guiss Guiss Communication. No price reported.

Simon Bright, dir. Robert Mugabe…What Happened?2011. 84 minutes. English and local languages (subtitled in English). U.S. Cinema Guild. $295.00.

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