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Reviews of Mandabi, Running Against the Wind, Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt), 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez and Nobody
Mandabi

Mandabi (PG)
Directed by Ousmane Sembene
★★★

HAILED as the “father of African cinema,” Ousmane Sembene’s trailblazing 1968 Mandabi (“money order”) has been painstakingly restored in 4K resolution and is being released for the first time in Britain.

The first ever film to have been made in an African language (Wolof) it is a sharp and poignant satire on post independence and the lasting effects of colonialism on African nations.

Running Against the Wind (15)
Directed by Jan Philipp Weyl
★★★

Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt) (15)
Directed by Monica Zanetti
★★★★

69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez
Directed by Vikram Gandhi
★★★★

Nobody (15)
Directed by Ilya Naishuller
★★★★★

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