In “BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions,” Kahlil Joseph has created an ambitious hybrid work that defies easy categorization. Set aboard a futuristic shipping vessel called Nautica during a fictional Transatlantic Biennale, the film follows “West African curator” (as she’s described, although likely Nigerian) Funmilayo Akechukwu’s journey when her magnum opus “The Resonance Field” leads her into […]
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“I Only Rest in the Storm” (New York Film Festival Review): Pedro Pinho’s Guinea-Bissau-Set Epic Confronts Colonial Afterlives
Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Pinho’s monumental three-and-a-half-hour film, “O Riso e a Faca (I Only Rest in the Storm),” confronts the systems of power that shape the world today. A prize-winner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where lead actress Cleo Diára won the Best Performance award in the Un Certain Regard section, the film will […]