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THE VIEW FROM ABOVE | WE COME AS FRIENDS

As resourceful as it is entertaining
Adelante Films [France / Austria]
Directed by Hubert Sauper

Time to dust off the Frantz Fanon reader. Colonialism, as well as Africa, its oil, gold and religion are the ambiguous motifs this new documentary film slated for release next week aims to confronts. For WE COME AS FRIENDS filmmaker Hubert Sauper swooped down into the context of his story, literally. He and his crew built a small aircraft especially for the film and flew it to the filming ... more >