January 30, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Today On (Amazon)(FR) (Sambizanga Blu-ray) €22.68 (Save 28%) iMDB (6.6) (Foreign)
January 21, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Today On (Amazon)(FR) (Sambizanga Blu-ray) €22.68 (Save 28%) iMDB (6.6) (Foreign)
It's a Letterboxd Friday miracle! #letterboxdfriday #filmsky 🎥 🎬
Two Sembène bangers, the first(?) feature film from a female director in Africa, and a strong popcorn adventure flick
Two Sembène bangers, the first(?) feature film from a female director in Africa, and a strong popcorn adventure flick
January 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
It's a Letterboxd Friday miracle! #letterboxdfriday #filmsky 🎥 🎬
Two Sembène bangers, the first(?) feature film from a female director in Africa, and a strong popcorn adventure flick
Two Sembène bangers, the first(?) feature film from a female director in Africa, and a strong popcorn adventure flick
I will not be keeping this pace up lol
January 7, 2026 at 5:17 AM
I will not be keeping this pace up lol
not seeing anyone say Sambizanga (1972) or Prisoners of the Earth (1939) but those two are very good
January 3, 2026 at 1:29 AM
not seeing anyone say Sambizanga (1972) or Prisoners of the Earth (1939) but those two are very good
Favourite first-time watches of 2025
December 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Favourite first-time watches of 2025
My article, "Sambizanga (1972/2021): The Thin Green Line Between Canons and Revolutions," just came out as part of a Close-Up on Sambizanga guest edited by Gust Burns for Black Camera. Also in this issue is a Close-Up on Sara Gómez. I couldn't have asked for better holiday reading.
December 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
My article, "Sambizanga (1972/2021): The Thin Green Line Between Canons and Revolutions," just came out as part of a Close-Up on Sambizanga guest edited by Gust Burns for Black Camera. Also in this issue is a Close-Up on Sara Gómez. I couldn't have asked for better holiday reading.
Screw it, I'm in. It's been a great year for seeing tons of quality films.
December 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Screw it, I'm in. It's been a great year for seeing tons of quality films.
Very excited about Criterion Channel next month, even if then adding Gus Van Sant’s shot for shot Psycho remake means I’m going to watch it out of morbid curiosity. Listed the films in the alt text
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Very excited about Criterion Channel next month, even if then adding Gus Van Sant’s shot for shot Psycho remake means I’m going to watch it out of morbid curiosity. Listed the films in the alt text
BLACK DEBUTANTES: FIRST FEATURES BY BLACK WOMEN DIRECTORS 💜 Coming to criterion channel in December!
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
BLACK DEBUTANTES: FIRST FEATURES BY BLACK WOMEN DIRECTORS 💜 Coming to criterion channel in December!
The Criterion Channel i desember:
Black Debutantes: First Features by Black Women Directors
Sambizanga (1972), One Way or Another (1977), Will (1981), Losing Ground (1982), Daughters of the Dust (1991), Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992), Welcome II the Terrordome (1995), Naked Acts (1996),
Black Debutantes: First Features by Black Women Directors
Sambizanga (1972), One Way or Another (1977), Will (1981), Losing Ground (1982), Daughters of the Dust (1991), Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992), Welcome II the Terrordome (1995), Naked Acts (1996),
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Criterion Channel i desember:
Black Debutantes: First Features by Black Women Directors
Sambizanga (1972), One Way or Another (1977), Will (1981), Losing Ground (1982), Daughters of the Dust (1991), Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992), Welcome II the Terrordome (1995), Naked Acts (1996),
Black Debutantes: First Features by Black Women Directors
Sambizanga (1972), One Way or Another (1977), Will (1981), Losing Ground (1982), Daughters of the Dust (1991), Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992), Welcome II the Terrordome (1995), Naked Acts (1996),
⚠️ Este xoves 6, o edificio Cambón acolle unha nova sesión do ciclo 'Mulleres (d)e Abril. Activistas: cinema por mulleres' coa proxección de 'Sambizanga' (S. Maldoror, 1972).
➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/upwiqrybdc
#XeraciónUVigo
➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/upwiqrybdc
#XeraciónUVigo
November 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
⚠️ Este xoves 6, o edificio Cambón acolle unha nova sesión do ciclo 'Mulleres (d)e Abril. Activistas: cinema por mulleres' coa proxección de 'Sambizanga' (S. Maldoror, 1972).
➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/upwiqrybdc
#XeraciónUVigo
➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/upwiqrybdc
#XeraciónUVigo
43 - Leila and the Wolves (1984)
So glad I took the time to watch both this and Sambizanga this year. Both are directed by women and focus on the lives of women, their often forgotten contributions to resistance against oppressors as well as their unique struggles.
So glad I took the time to watch both this and Sambizanga this year. Both are directed by women and focus on the lives of women, their often forgotten contributions to resistance against oppressors as well as their unique struggles.
October 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
43 - Leila and the Wolves (1984)
So glad I took the time to watch both this and Sambizanga this year. Both are directed by women and focus on the lives of women, their often forgotten contributions to resistance against oppressors as well as their unique struggles.
So glad I took the time to watch both this and Sambizanga this year. Both are directed by women and focus on the lives of women, their often forgotten contributions to resistance against oppressors as well as their unique struggles.
33. Sambizanga (1972, dir. Maldoror)
another anti-colonial film that is incredibly moving. a hard watch, but an essential one for African cinema.
another anti-colonial film that is incredibly moving. a hard watch, but an essential one for African cinema.
October 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
33. Sambizanga (1972, dir. Maldoror)
another anti-colonial film that is incredibly moving. a hard watch, but an essential one for African cinema.
another anti-colonial film that is incredibly moving. a hard watch, but an essential one for African cinema.
September 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
15 movies
•Re-Animator
•Titus
•Muriel's Wedding
•Born in Flames
•Sambizanga
•Bacurau
•Things
•A Woman Under the Influence
•Lost Highway
•Mysterious Skin
•The Wolfpack
•Chocolate Babies
•By Hook or By Crook
•Friendship
•Terminal USA
•Re-Animator
•Titus
•Muriel's Wedding
•Born in Flames
•Sambizanga
•Bacurau
•Things
•A Woman Under the Influence
•Lost Highway
•Mysterious Skin
•The Wolfpack
•Chocolate Babies
•By Hook or By Crook
•Friendship
•Terminal USA
August 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
15 movies
•Re-Animator
•Titus
•Muriel's Wedding
•Born in Flames
•Sambizanga
•Bacurau
•Things
•A Woman Under the Influence
•Lost Highway
•Mysterious Skin
•The Wolfpack
•Chocolate Babies
•By Hook or By Crook
•Friendship
•Terminal USA
•Re-Animator
•Titus
•Muriel's Wedding
•Born in Flames
•Sambizanga
•Bacurau
•Things
•A Woman Under the Influence
•Lost Highway
•Mysterious Skin
•The Wolfpack
•Chocolate Babies
•By Hook or By Crook
•Friendship
•Terminal USA
#15MoviesToGetToKnowMe
PTU
A Page of Madness
Bringing Up Baby
La Rupture
The War Game
Night of the Living Dead
The Nude Vampire
Good Morning
A Reason to Live (Kuchar)
Beau Travail
Even Dwarves Started Small
Dr. Butcher M.D.
Rules of the Game
Sambizanga
Dames
PTU
A Page of Madness
Bringing Up Baby
La Rupture
The War Game
Night of the Living Dead
The Nude Vampire
Good Morning
A Reason to Live (Kuchar)
Beau Travail
Even Dwarves Started Small
Dr. Butcher M.D.
Rules of the Game
Sambizanga
Dames
#15MoviesToGetToKnowMe
Blood Freak
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Close-Up
The Color of Pomegranates
The Curse of the Cat People
Freak Orlando
Killer of Sheep
My Neighbor Totoro
Sherlock Jr.
The Stuff
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Titicut Follies
Trouble Every Day
The Unknown (1927)
Yes, Madam
Blood Freak
Celine and Julie Go Boating
Close-Up
The Color of Pomegranates
The Curse of the Cat People
Freak Orlando
Killer of Sheep
My Neighbor Totoro
Sherlock Jr.
The Stuff
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Titicut Follies
Trouble Every Day
The Unknown (1927)
Yes, Madam
#15MoviesToGetToKnowMe
Runaway Train
M
All the President's Men
Fargo
Meantime (M. Leigh)
Wages of Sin
La Jetée
Occurrence/Owl Creek Bridge (short)
High Hopes (M. Leigh)
Invasion/Body Snatchers (orig)
In the Street (H. Levitt short)
2001/Space Odyssey
Running on Empty
Yellow Submarine
Metropolitan
Runaway Train
M
All the President's Men
Fargo
Meantime (M. Leigh)
Wages of Sin
La Jetée
Occurrence/Owl Creek Bridge (short)
High Hopes (M. Leigh)
Invasion/Body Snatchers (orig)
In the Street (H. Levitt short)
2001/Space Odyssey
Running on Empty
Yellow Submarine
Metropolitan
August 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
#15MoviesToGetToKnowMe
PTU
A Page of Madness
Bringing Up Baby
La Rupture
The War Game
Night of the Living Dead
The Nude Vampire
Good Morning
A Reason to Live (Kuchar)
Beau Travail
Even Dwarves Started Small
Dr. Butcher M.D.
Rules of the Game
Sambizanga
Dames
PTU
A Page of Madness
Bringing Up Baby
La Rupture
The War Game
Night of the Living Dead
The Nude Vampire
Good Morning
A Reason to Live (Kuchar)
Beau Travail
Even Dwarves Started Small
Dr. Butcher M.D.
Rules of the Game
Sambizanga
Dames
yeah the internet may have disrupted humanity in a way not seen since the printing press but it also makes it so i can see four movies in four different languages with none of them being a language i speak so whose to say if it is good or bad
August 20, 2025 at 4:25 AM
yeah the internet may have disrupted humanity in a way not seen since the printing press but it also makes it so i can see four movies in four different languages with none of them being a language i speak so whose to say if it is good or bad
when the film about the angolan war of independence begins with "restoration funded by george lucas"
August 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
when the film about the angolan war of independence begins with "restoration funded by george lucas"
Fave films of the 70s
70 Wanda
71 The Devils
72 Sambizanga
73 The Wicker Man
74 The Godfather Pt 2
75 Nashville
76 Chess of the Wind
77 Eraserhead/The Ascent (can't choose between them)
78 The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
79 Alexandria, Why?
70 Wanda
71 The Devils
72 Sambizanga
73 The Wicker Man
74 The Godfather Pt 2
75 Nashville
76 Chess of the Wind
77 Eraserhead/The Ascent (can't choose between them)
78 The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
79 Alexandria, Why?
70 Catch-22
71 Klute
72 Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
73 The Last Detail
74 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
75 Nashville
76 Assault on Precinct 13
77 The Devil, Probably
78 In a Year of 13 Moons
79 Mad Max
71 Klute
72 Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
73 The Last Detail
74 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
75 Nashville
76 Assault on Precinct 13
77 The Devil, Probably
78 In a Year of 13 Moons
79 Mad Max
Favorite films of the 1970s:
70: VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS
71: LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH
72: RED PSALM
73: THE IRON ROSE
74: CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING
75: NUMBER TWO
76: GOD TOLD ME TO
77. DESPERATE LIVING
78: IN A YEAR WITH 13 MOONS
79. TICKET OF NO RETURN
70: VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS
71: LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH
72: RED PSALM
73: THE IRON ROSE
74: CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING
75: NUMBER TWO
76: GOD TOLD ME TO
77. DESPERATE LIVING
78: IN A YEAR WITH 13 MOONS
79. TICKET OF NO RETURN
August 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Fave films of the 70s
70 Wanda
71 The Devils
72 Sambizanga
73 The Wicker Man
74 The Godfather Pt 2
75 Nashville
76 Chess of the Wind
77 Eraserhead/The Ascent (can't choose between them)
78 The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
79 Alexandria, Why?
70 Wanda
71 The Devils
72 Sambizanga
73 The Wicker Man
74 The Godfather Pt 2
75 Nashville
76 Chess of the Wind
77 Eraserhead/The Ascent (can't choose between them)
78 The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
79 Alexandria, Why?
It's so funny that so many people project their baggage from their "white film bro" ex-boyfriends from college onto him, when he has done more to preserve and distribute films by non-white and women directors than almost anyone in Hollywood. Have you seen Sambizanga? You can thank Martin for that!
August 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
It's so funny that so many people project their baggage from their "white film bro" ex-boyfriends from college onto him, when he has done more to preserve and distribute films by non-white and women directors than almost anyone in Hollywood. Have you seen Sambizanga? You can thank Martin for that!
31 - Sambizanga (1972)
Set during the struggle for independence in Angola, a family man and revolutionary is arrested and taken away by police. We follow his wife as she searches for him, interspersed with scenes from daily life.
Set during the struggle for independence in Angola, a family man and revolutionary is arrested and taken away by police. We follow his wife as she searches for him, interspersed with scenes from daily life.
August 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
31 - Sambizanga (1972)
Set during the struggle for independence in Angola, a family man and revolutionary is arrested and taken away by police. We follow his wife as she searches for him, interspersed with scenes from daily life.
Set during the struggle for independence in Angola, a family man and revolutionary is arrested and taken away by police. We follow his wife as she searches for him, interspersed with scenes from daily life.
5. Sambizanga - A radical film of tactile beauty on the chorus of the oppressed against the injustice of the oppressor. Restored by @thefilmfoundation.bsky.social's World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna
Screening: 30 Jul
Link in bio for tickets
Screening: 30 Jul
Link in bio for tickets
July 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
5. Sambizanga - A radical film of tactile beauty on the chorus of the oppressed against the injustice of the oppressor. Restored by @thefilmfoundation.bsky.social's World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna
Screening: 30 Jul
Link in bio for tickets
Screening: 30 Jul
Link in bio for tickets
SBG/This Week in Geek - Reviewed: Superman, The Amateur, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Macbeth (2015), A Midsummer Night`s Comedy, Basically, Munchausen, The Crimson Permanent Assurance, Sambizanga, War Witch
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This Week in Geek (13-19/07/25)
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July 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
SBG/This Week in Geek - Reviewed: Superman, The Amateur, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Macbeth (2015), A Midsummer Night`s Comedy, Basically, Munchausen, The Crimson Permanent Assurance, Sambizanga, War Witch
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