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a river holds a perfect memory

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 5, 2025 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2025, Verdict Shorts |

Tying together disparate locations in Northern England and Jamaica, Hope Strickland’s evocative boat ride, ‘a river holds a perfect memory,’ explores the interrelations between labour, memory and rivers.

Banzo

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jun 28, 2024 | Festivals, 2026 Oscars, Karlovy Vary 2024 |

In the setting of a Portuguese plantation on Principe in the early 20th century, Margarida Cardoso crafts a haunting and unsettling portrait of colonial destruction in the form of Banzo.

Lumene: Privatisation

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Oct 11, 2023 | Festivals, Leipzig 2023, Verdict Shorts |

In the complex and thought-provoking essay film, Lumene: Privatisation, David Shongo reflects on the commodification of cultural memory and the lasting impacts of insidious colonial impositions.

Tag: colonialism

a river holds a perfect memory

Banzo

Lumene: Privatisation