The Ravages of Colonialism: Concerning Violence + Grande Hotel
Review of Göran Olsson’s Concerning Violence (2014), which begins its run at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema Friday February 27th.
Review of Göran Olsson’s Concerning Violence (2014), which begins its run at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema Friday February 27th.
Using a blend of text, archival audio and film footage, Finnish director Göran Olsson (The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975) adapts words from Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth (1961) to itemize the consequences and lingering ills of (primarily) European colonialism, and its messy legacy in Africa…
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