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The Taste of Mango
In it’s outings at the festivals, this quiet camcorder documentary surrounding intergenerational trauma has won the LFF Audience award, and garnered praise from the Guardian and the Evening Standard. I think this is a bit of a watershed moment for Women of Colour in the British Film ecosystem. Though
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OBSCURAE’s Top 5 Documentaries of 2024
OBSCURAE’s Favourite Shorts of 2024
Opinion
‘Women and Minorities’ make better films. Fight me. (An End-of-Year Film Industry Analysis)
When a film was well received this year, it was usually because it was channelling the anger and frustrations of those who have been left behind. This wasn’t your usual raft of ‘Diversity Hires’ or “The value of Diverse Storytelling”-ass movies. These films were specific, working things out
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2024 Awards ‘Hots’
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2024 Awards Underdogs
The films that deserve flowers, that we’re scared may go unrecognised.
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2024 Awards ‘not’s (WARNING: Controversial!)
the only four acclaimed films we did not enjoy this year.
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All We Imagine as Light
Two nurses, seemingly two generations of thought and approach, making it work in Mumbai. In what I can only describe as the most lusciously romantic film in a long while, ‘All We Imagine As Light’ is at once both patient and quick, diving us headfirst into the interior worlds of
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EAT/SLEEP/CHEER/REPEAT
As they make their way to the Olympics of Cheer, the Irish Cheerleading Team (and their coaches) let themselves be known to the camera - their personal lives and their fight to get it right. This is a fascinating slice of life, which gives you a unique look into the
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Prospect House: Fragile Fiction
In a whirlwind blurring fact and fiction, Prospect House grapples with the very concept of History and Storytelling. What can we know, what can we guess - and who gets to guess? Through the lens of a House on the brink of demolition, a team of re-enacters seek to save