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Tsotsi - Gavin Hood

By Ankur Sharma | August 3rd, 2008 | Category: African Cinema, Cinema | 3 comments

The fact that the most touching stories come from some of the most chaotic places has almost become an established fact now in the world of cinema. So when a passionate and visionary filmmaker by the name of Gavin Hood from South Africa decided to make a movie on redemption, he was bound to make the world sit up and take notice. His Tsotsi, is not merely a thriller about a criminal’s transformation, it is a deeper realizations on part of a man, whose life is as much a turmoil from within, as it is on the outside.


ABC Africa by Abbas Kiarostami

By Ankur Sharma | April 27th, 2008 | Category: African Cinema, Iranian Cinema, World Documentary | No Comments »

Trust Kiarostami to try something offbeat and come out of it not only unscathed, but blow everyone away. Since ABC Africa is a documentary, comparing it with his other works would be like comparing apples to oranges, but it doesn’t mean that he hasn’t given it his usual golden touch.
Starting with a fax creeping out [...]