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| Alima Satouka plays a woman determined to pay for her daughter’s schooling by independent means in Fanta Régina Nacro‘s Bintou. |
May saw a slight decline in film watching. A few treasures in the Criterion Channel included Andrew Lau and Andy Mak’s acclaimed Infernal Affairs trilogy, the work of the late Kayo Hatta (her Picture Bride film is on Hoopla), a queer sci-fi futuristic film by Michelle Parkerson, and the shorts of the first woman filmmaker based in Burkina Faso: Fanta Régina Nacro.
May 2023 Film Watches
1.) “Persuasion” (1995) Roger Mitchell # 7.5/10
2.)
“Nightwatcher” (2018) Amira Hasib #^= 9/10
3.) “Secretary” (2002) Steven Shainberg # 3.5/10
4.) “Cinderella” (2000) Beeban Kidron #* 2.5/10
5.) “Odds & Ends” (1993) Michelle Parkerson #*+ 9.5/10
6.) “Infernal Affairs” (2002) Andrew Lau & Adam Mak #^ 9/10
7.) “Picture Bride” (1995) Kayo Hatta #*^ 8/10
8.) “Chinese Odyssey” (2000) Jeffrey Lau #^ 7/10
9.) “A Certain Morning” (1992) Fanta Régina Nacro #*+ 8/10
10.) “Misbehavior” (2016) Kim Tae-yong #^ 3/10
11.)
“Middle of Nowhere” (2012) Ava DuVernay *+ 10/10
12.) “The Little Mermaid” (1989) John Muskers and Ron Clements 7/10
13.)
“The Little Mermaid” (2023) Rob Marshall # 6.5/10
14.) “Internal Affairs II” (2005) Andrew Lau & Adam Mak #^ 8.5/10
15.) “Otemba” (1988) Kayo Hatto #*^ 9/10
16.) “Bintou” (2001) Fanta Régina Nacro #*+ 10/10
17.) “Eriko, Pretended” (2016) Akiyo Fujimura #*^ 8/10
18.) “The Bedroom Window” (1987) Curtis Hanson # 3.5/10
19.) “Puk Nini” (1996) Fanta Régina Nacro #*+ 10/10
20.) “Konaté’s Gift” (1997) Fanta Régina Nacro #*+ 9.5/10
21.) “I Will Follow” (2010) Ava DuVernay *+ 9/10
22.) “Memoirs of A Geisha” (2005) Rob Marshall 7/10
23.) “As I Open My Eyes” (2015) Leila Beyhid #^ 9/10
24.) “Internal Affairs III” (2005) Andrew Lau & Adam Mak #^ 8.5/10
# first time watch
*woman filmmaker
*+Black woman filmmaker
*^ nonwhite woman filmmaker
^nonwhite filmmaker
= biracial filmmaker
Other notes: 20 first time watches, 17 films directed/written by nonwhite filmmakers, and 12 films made by women.
