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Lesego

Lesego

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I look at films as a gateway.

Johannesburg
uppityafrican

Favorite films

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Incendies
  • I Killed My Mother
  • Perfect Blue

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  • It's Bisan from Gaza and I'm Still Alive

    ★★★★★

  • Justice League: The New Frontier

    ★

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    ★★★

  • Eternals

    ★½

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  • It's Bisan from Gaza and I'm Still Alive

    It's Bisan from Gaza and I'm Still Alive 2023

    ★★★★★ Watched 28 Sep 2024

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

    When the little boy ran up to Bisan, I smiled for a moment until I felt my heart sink. Initially his glossy eyes seemed happy, but the longer I looked the more I saw a deep anxiety on his face, hidden behind a mask of trying to keep positive and appreciation for life like Bisan says somewhere in the documentary. It’s like a sick, dark Pantomime. Strength and solidarity to Palestinians.

  • Justice League: The New Frontier

    Justice League: The New Frontier 2008

    ★ Watched 28 Sep 2024

    The one star is for the feminist 1954 Indo-China sequence.

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  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two 2024

    ½ Watched 04 Mar 2024 2

    Orientalism is bad.

  • Proteus

    Proteus 2003

    ★★½ Watched 26 Jun 2024 2

    Mildly enjoyable, but borders on boring. Moreover, it does not faithfully and accurately represent colonial and native culture(s) around this time. For instance, I was particularly disappointed by the portrayal of the Khoi as harboring homophobic attitudes when historical evidence shows us that they were positive, which is particularly disappointing for a queer movie (further reading here). This is a huge miss on the film's end to portray the impact colonization has had on queer security in Africa. It also fails…

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