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Fuzzy Fur and Fuzzier Ethics of Taxidermy: ‘Animus Animalis’, dir. Aistė Žegulytė, 2018 & ‘Stuffed,’ dir. Erin Derham, 2019

Two woman-made documentaries about people’s relationships with dead animals offer looks on the matter from various parts of the world and across the moral spectrum

March 19th, 2020|Country: Canada, Lithuania, Netherlands, South Africa, Switzerland, USA, Zimbabwe|

Wool Over the Eyes—‘This Magnificent Cake!’, dir. Emma De Swaef & Marc James Roels, 2018

Whimsical felt puppet fantasy from filmmaking couple tackles colonization of Congo by Belgian King Leopold in a graceful satirical exploration of the chaos that ineptitude sows

February 6th, 2020|Country: Belgium, DR Congo, France, Netherlands, South Africa|

Food: New York African Restaurant Week Festival

A delectable journey across the continent in 6 exciting dishes from 5 imaginative chefs in the center of Harlem: and a true testament to the power of plantains

October 15th, 2019|Country: DR Congo, Ghana, Jamaica, Senegal, South Africa, USA, Zimbabwe|

Film: Sound of Masks, dir. Sara CF de Gouveia, 2018

The story of Mozambican independence and the country's postcolonial identity as reflected through the performances of Atanásio Nyusi, a traditional Mapiko dancer

August 16th, 2019|Country: Mozambique, Portugal, South Africa|

Film: Everything Must Fall, dir. Rashid Desai, 2019

A comprehensive chronicle of the #FeesMustFall movement in South Africa that is sympathetic to the cause yet maintains enough distance to remain objective

July 24th, 2019|Country: South Africa|

Film: Wizard, dir. Kagiso Lediga, 2017

A coming-of-age story about the hustle of two high school graduates in the crime-ridden suburbs of Pretoria, which takes on an even eerier quality after one of the two leading actors was fatally stabbed

June 29th, 2019|Country: South Africa|

Film: Sew the Winter to My Skin, dir. Jumel X.T. Qubeka, 2018

A South African Western in which the legend of an outlaw hero is reimagined by the relentless visual genius of Jahmil X.T. Qubeka

June 3rd, 2019|Country: South Africa|

Book: Rachel Love Nuwer, Poached, 2018

December 4th, 2018|Country: Chad, China, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Thailand, USA, Vietnam|

Food: Malva Cake at Commissary, Dallas, TX

January 9th, 2018|Country: South Africa|