3 Songs That Got Us Through 2022

Submissions are presented in the order they were received. Click here to see last year’s songs. Yoana Pavlova Nakhane – “Do You Well” (feat. Perfume Genius) Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – “Go On” Vv Pete – “Bussit” Florian Weigl Three Mantras Erica Eso – “Y.L.M.E.” Justice only means one thing / your life means everything Joyful Joyful – “Sebaldus” Do you know who your enemies … Continue reading 3 Songs That Got Us Through 2022

Translation: ‘Moon, Sun, Water, Fire; Blood on the Field: A Collection of Materials’ by Manfred Blank

Translated by Florian Weigl Previously re-published as Un receuil de matériaux in a French translation by Danièle Huillet in Cahiers du cinéma Nr. 305 (11/1979) Moon, Sun, Water, Fire; Blood On The Field: A Collection of Materials by Manfred Blank in Filmkritik Nr. 268 | 04/1979 | S.158 – 173 Oedipus and Tiresias sit on a cart. One can see them from behind. Two cows … Continue reading Translation: ‘Moon, Sun, Water, Fire; Blood on the Field: A Collection of Materials’ by Manfred Blank

Neocolonial Grip: Ousmane Sembène’s ‘Tauw’ (1970) + Djibril Diop Mambéty’s ‘Le Franc’ (1994)

Currency takes even more of a centre stage in some of their lesser-known shorts steeped in acute political commentary: Le Franc (1994) and Tauw (1970) respectively, which delve deeper into many of the context-specific issues of cash—and lack thereof—in Francophone Africa, exposing the incomplete nature of the decolonial project. Continue reading Neocolonial Grip: Ousmane Sembène’s ‘Tauw’ (1970) + Djibril Diop Mambéty’s ‘Le Franc’ (1994)