Mohammed - nicknamed Donga - was just 19 years old when he arrived at the frontline of the 2011 uprising with a camera. Muhannad Lamin’s film is built around the footage shot by Donga between then and 2019 and the cameraman’s considerations of it as he rewatches it in 2021 while he undergoes hospital treatment. It charts not just the landscape of Libya during the period but the physical and mental impact the conflict has left on those like Donga.
A film built on intimacy with its subject, it is strongly edited by Lamin and Khalid Shamis so that sometimes we fast-forward or rewind as the various uprisings play out. This is the first time Donga has watched the footage he shot in 2011 in a decade and he’s honest about the impact it has had on him, noting that his involvement in various conflicts has left him triggered by...
A film built on intimacy with its subject, it is strongly edited by Lamin and Khalid Shamis so that sometimes we fast-forward or rewind as the various uprisings play out. This is the first time Donga has watched the footage he shot in 2011 in a decade and he’s honest about the impact it has had on him, noting that his involvement in various conflicts has left him triggered by...
- 4/25/2024
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) has selected 35 feature films across its Luminous and Frontlight sections, including new films from Albania, South Africa and Panama.
The Luminous section includes non-fiction titles with a range of styles and formalistic approaches, and consists of 23 films, 22 of which are world or international premieres and 20 of which are features.
Titles include Zikethiwe Ngcobo and Chloe White’s South Africa-uk co-production 1001 Days, about the young mothers struggling to raise their children amid unemployment, poverty, disease and domestic violence in Johannesburg. The film, with Zulu and English-language dialogue,...
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) has selected 35 feature films across its Luminous and Frontlight sections, including new films from Albania, South Africa and Panama.
The Luminous section includes non-fiction titles with a range of styles and formalistic approaches, and consists of 23 films, 22 of which are world or international premieres and 20 of which are features.
Titles include Zikethiwe Ngcobo and Chloe White’s South Africa-uk co-production 1001 Days, about the young mothers struggling to raise their children amid unemployment, poverty, disease and domestic violence in Johannesburg. The film, with Zulu and English-language dialogue,...
- 10/10/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
iNumber Number: Jozi Gold is a fun movie to watch, especially in the way it unfolds. The story moves forward at a steady pace but offers the urgency that is necessary for the plot. We have cops chasing thieves, but there are a lot of twists. You might at times feel that at approximately 2 hours, it is a bit too long, but I assure you the feeling is momentary. The background scores need a special mention as they add to the mood of what’s happening on screen. Overall, iNumber Number: Jozi Gold is an entertaining binge-watch that falls under the Netflix quintessential.
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After a failed attempt to bring the Hyena Man to justice when he is released for lack of evidence, officers Chili and Shoes decide to infiltrate the gang that the Hyena Man is also connected to. Chili will be...
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After a failed attempt to bring the Hyena Man to justice when he is released for lack of evidence, officers Chili and Shoes decide to infiltrate the gang that the Hyena Man is also connected to. Chili will be...
- 6/24/2023
- by Shubhabrata Dutta
- Film Fugitives
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