Going to start a movie from every country thread. Starting with Côte d’Ivoire, we have the movie Moi, un Noir (1958) dir. Jean Rouch about three Nigérienne day laborers in Abidjan. It was one of the first movies made with a hand-held camera.
Senegal https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇸🇳" title="Flag of Senegal" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Senegal">: Atlantique (2019) dir. Mati Diop. About the women left behind in the story of migrant labor. My fav movie from last year hands down. Speaks to a global theme, while also being very much a Senegalese story. Drop dead beautiful, clever, surprising, and makes me cry
UK (England) https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿" title="Flag of England" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of England">: Babylon (1980) dir. Franco Rosso, about Jamaican youth in South London during the Thatcher punk & dub years. initially banned in the US because of its portrayal of police violence and discrimination.
Madagascar https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇲🇬" title="Flag of Madagascar" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Madagascar">: Makibefo (1999) dir. Alexander Abela, a Malagasy retelling of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, made with a two person production team and many actors who had never even seen a movie
Japan https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇯🇵" title="Flag of Japan" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Japan">: Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) dir. Toshio Matsumoto, a loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s Oedipus Rex starring a young trans woman
Will also note the movie AKA: Serial Killer, 1969 Japan. Retells the story of the Japanese serial killer Norio Nagama not by re-enacting it but by visiting all the places in his journey.
Estonia https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇪🇪" title="Flag of Estonia" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Estonia">: November (2017) dir. Rainer Sarnet, about life in a pagan village as they prepare for the winter
Kazakhstanhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇰🇿" title="Flag of Kazakhstan" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Kazakhstan">: The Needle (Igla/игла) (1988) dir. Rashid Nugmanov, starring Viktor Tsoi of the infamous soviet band Kino as a drifter set on tracking down those who owe him debts
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