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wrote, that the film using a unique documentary approach laced with fantasy "powerfully challenges post-colonial notions of reparations and repair". Gupta opined, that the film is "A question that deserves our attention, and the answers that emerge from it..."
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dubbed it as "Richly layered and resonant," and opined, "This directorial flourish liberates the looted treasures from being mere objects, with smart use of subjective camera by DP Joséphine Drouin-Viallard helping to make them come alive as characters."
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as a slim lever that cracks open the sealed crate of colonial history, sending a hundred of its associated erasures and injustices tumbling into the light." Concluding Kiang opined, "
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rated the film with four stars out of five and wrote, "It is an invigorating and enlivening film, with obvious implications for the Elgin/Parthenon marbles in the
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in 2023. During her acceptance speech, Diop called for people "to tear down the wall of silence together" and "to rebuild through restitution", which entails "bringing justice".
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conversation about the legacy of colonialism in Africa, and to the thorny topic of restitution and repatriation of cultural heritage to the country of its origin."
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is a bold and memorable history lesson. But with Diop's expressive talents as they are, it's fair to hope that she returns to the world of fiction next time."
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ambitiously mixes the political and the poetic. Her stories always project further than the facts apparent before our eyes." Concluding, Bardot opined, "In
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is a striking, stirring example of the poetry that can result when the dead and the dispossessed speak to and through the living."
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was Joséphine Drouin-Viallard. It was edited by
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award for the best film. It is the second
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The documentary was produced by Les Films du Bal in co-production with Fanta Sy and distributed by
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is an excellent point of entry in an ongoing conversation."
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