Concerning Violence
The Origins of Violence • 1h 29m
Göran Hugo Olsson • 2016 • Finland
Narrated by Lauryn Hill, Concerning Violence boldly interrogates legacies of colonialism, imperialism, and racism in arguments against the African liberation movement, while dismantling facile dichotomies regarding Fanon's political thought.
Göran Hugo Olsson's fourth documentary feature premiered at Sundance, Sheffield, CPH:DOX, and the Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Cinema Fairbindet Prize.
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The Force
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