From Self-Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (2020); Strong Island (2017); Skin (2019); I Am Not Your Negro (2016); & Black Privilege (2019), emerges the theme of Black Middle-Class aspiration. While they all hit the mark for entertainment value, some fall short in misrepresenting a fantasy of black life that is more based-on-aspiration than matter-of-fact.
In light of the solidarity expressed by the Black Lives Matter movement - and other protesters and campaigners - with Palestinians, our intro is about Palestinian films that shed light on the current issue of annexation. Abla talks about the London Palestine Film Festival collection, Mads Grorud’s The Tower (2018, available via Amazon Prime), Wassim Safadi’s State of Siege (2018, available on YouTube) and Mehdi Fleifel’s A World Not Ours (2012, also Amazon Prime).
She also mention this article by Tareq Baconi that provides a very interesting analysis of Israel's annexation plans.
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Top Picks is hosted by two of the academics, film programmers and social researchers behind myDylarama film reviews. We use postcolonial, afro-pessimism, and Bourdieusian theories to discuss race and class in drama, documentary, mystery, and horror films. Now in its 10th year, myDy champions independent film and in using the medium as a platform for underrepresented and oft-ignored voices. myDy is official partner of the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival, and collaborates with The Media Fund, ByWire, and Emerging Filmmakers Night.
Abla Kandalaft, co-founder of myDylarama, is a trilingual film programmer, researcher, journalist and translator. She is passionate about economics, environmental issues, migration, and politics; and has worked with BBC, Cannes Film Festival, and BFI. Coco Green is an aspiring academic and armchair critic. When not discussing racism in film, both on Top Picks and in the streets, she is writing about black counterpublics in hopes of completing her PhD.
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