Directed by Susan Vogel • Documentary • 2001 • 8 minutes
FANG mixes documentary and fiction techniques to recount an African art object's journey through a century of peril and adventure, and uses the film styles of each historical period to tell its story - a whole century of Western attitudes towards African culture packed into 8 minutes.
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Women Conquer the Art Business
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Pol Pot Dancing
Directed by Enrique Sánchez Lansch • Documentary • 2024 • 101 minutes
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Kedi
Directed by Ceyda Torun • Documentary • With Sari, Bengü, Aslan Parçasi • 2016 • 80 minutes
Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. For thousands of years they’ve wandered in and out of people’s lives, becoming an essential part of the communities that make the city...
