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Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company, The (1986)

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Category / Haroun, Mahamat-Saleh

June 24, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Lingui, the Sacred Bonds (2021)

  • Haroun, Mahamat-Saleh
  • 2021, Chad, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
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This Chadian film, about the taboos of teenage pregnancy and abortion in a restrictive patriarchal society, is an important story to be told, even though it feels too straightforwardly familiar a tale to resonate deeply. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 10, 2022April 18, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Hissein Habre, a Chadian Tragedy (2016)

  • Haroun, Mahamat-Saleh
  • 2016, Chad, Documentary, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
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An essential African documentary about the brutality of Habre’s regime as recalled by Chadian survivors seeking justice and closure from the unimaginable trauma that they continue to suffer decades after. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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April 5, 2022April 6, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Screaming Man, A (2010)

  • Haroun, Mahamat-Saleh
  • 2010, Chad, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
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Winner of the Cannes Jury Prize, this Chadian film packs plenty of unsaid emotions of jealousy, guilt and remorse into a nuanced father-and-son story as armed separatists threaten the peace of their country in the background.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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