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Film Club #14 - Concerning Violence (Göran Olsson, 2014) inconnu ## Board Owner 03/04/15 (Wed) 08:35:48 No.3646

Our next Film Club features the newest film so far; it's come off the festival circuit for a wider release only a few months ago. Concerning Violence is also the first documentary to be featured for Film Club.

> Combining Swedish archival footage and audiovisual extracts from Frantz Fanon’s combustible 1962 tome, this is a sobering nine-part account of Africa’s struggle to emerge from the yoke of colonial oppression. Uncompromising, demanding and potently illuminating. ~~ David Parkinson, Empire

> It's a confrontational, direct and challenging piece of film-making; an illustrated lecture that muses on the legacy of European colonial rule in Africa and elsewhere and poses questions about cycles of power abuse and neo-colonialism. ~~ Wendy Idle, The Times

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3263690/reference
http://www.filmquarterly.org/2014/10/preface-to-concerning-violence/

Your suggestions and opinions for upcoming Film Club selections are always welcome. Either comment here or in the proper thread: >>3564

Post last edited at 03/04/15 (Wed) 09:03:09

inconnu 03/05/15 (Thu) 22:15:50 No.3689

Well this looks very bloody interesting indeed. I've read Fanon and sometimes have need of referring to this very book.

Thanks for making me aware of this film.

inconnu 03/06/15 (Fri) 06:30:22 No.3715

Anyone know where to watch this?

inconnu 03/06/15 (Fri) 17:28:15 No.3726

>>3646

leftpol pls go, we don't care about your anti-west bullshit, most of the problems in today's africa stem from the bullshit that were coldwar politics and a level of corruption most people here can only imagine

inconnu 03/06/15 (Fri) 21:14:59 No.3730

>>3726
You're not obligated to agree with the content you watch. People here were talking about Nazi films last week and Russian propaganda before that.
I do think it's a mistake (and frankly smallminded) to only watch material that reinforces one's existing biases.

inconnu 03/06/15 (Fri) 23:43:47 No.3736

>>3715
somebody was going to upload it but they've apparently disappeared

i did find it posted on this video site. watermarked but better than nothing:

https://vid.me/LFRj

although i haven't watched this yet, colonialism is a hot topic these days. i agree the topic is typically used to bludgeon whitey, but i still want to see this essay/documentary speak for itself before making further judgments.

inconnu 08/10/15 (Mon) 00:49:23 No.5407

So, Concerning Violence…

It's worth seeing for the vintage 16mm footage of various revolutionary happenings and the cultural friction between whites and blacks in Africa. This director seems to have a talent for unearthing archival gems. I'm mostly ignorant of the history of many of these events, so the subject matter made for an intriguing experience.

Clearly the film is dominated by an anti-European viewpoint – a myopic missed opportunity to go beyond a rather simplistic analysis. And the Fanon quotes became obnoxious after a while. I'm not sold on him yet but maybe I need to read his writing on its own?

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/concerning-violence-2014

inconnu 08/10/15 (Mon) 04:56:33 No.5410

Hey mods can you please ban liberal shitposting?

OP go post your guilt film at reddit, they love this kind of shit.

inconnu 08/12/15 (Wed) 14:52:10 No.5414

>>5410

can you please stop fucking posting in every thread telling people to "go to reddit." this is the film board, not the nazi circlejerk board or the commie circlejerk board. we are here to discuss films and the art of film making

inconnu 08/14/15 (Fri) 03:45:55 No.5417

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>>5414

Pick a film that doesn't shit on Europeans over and over again for shit that a small portion of their ancestors did.

inconnu 08/14/15 (Fri) 04:40:03 No.5419

>>5410

>>5417

>please pick a film that doesn't trigger me or challenge my preconceived beliefs.

>also please ban anyone that opposes my beliefs.

>a films qualities mean nothing to me when coupled with the politically uncomfortable.

No, you're not the biggest threat to this boards quality at the moment. It's those "liberal shitposters" who actually talk about film.

inconnu 08/14/15 (Fri) 06:55:56 No.5420

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>>5419

you just listed the beliefs of this films entire liberal demographic.

On a relevant note, I just realized that this was produced with help from sweden lol. Do you swedes just sit around all day dreaming and talking about black dicks?

Sad.

inconnu 08/15/15 (Sat) 23:46:01 No.5432

Am I guilty of liberal shitposting for reviewing this? If that was directed at me, you should probably read my post more carefully.

The film is more CSPAN than MSNBC. It's a collection of raw footage that may evoke the director's desired response, but only if you can't think for yourself or comprehend what is beyond the frame.

inconnu 08/16/15 (Sun) 06:08:13 No.5436

>>5420

So you admit that you're effectively the same as all the strawman SJW tumblrinas with your "this triggers muh feelings please delete".

inconnu 08/18/15 (Tue) 02:56:38 No.5445

Can someone share a link to the previous film club films? As a new lurker of this board, it would be useful to have all the previous ones kept in a pastebin or something for each new filmclub thread, I think.

inconnu 08/18/15 (Tue) 03:24:23 No.5447

>>5445

Links to the threads? You can find them easily by going to the catalog view and entering Film Club in the search box.

H. 08/28/15 (Fri) 18:28:33 No.5512

Anyone interested in me streaming this? Not sure if I should wait for the next film since its Friday and all.

H. 08/28/15 (Fri) 18:45:00 No.5513

>>5512

If anyone is interested I am streaming again at

http://movietme.com/index.php/streams/valhalla

inconnu 08/29/15 (Sat) 00:15:30 No.5515

>>3730

wise words