«Utapishi» is a spiritual healing ritual in Kenya that is seen as a threat by Christianity. Nevertheless, some young healers still practise it. Read an essay about the alliance of colonialism and religion, as seen in the short film «Tapi!».
This commissioned piece for the Norient Film Festival looks to the cosmos for an inspirational message for 2021. Multidisciplinary and gender bending South African artist Umlilo embarked on a tarotscope reading which presented six cards that help guide us in 2021.
In Raquel Castro’s «SOA», Joseph Kamaru, aka sound artist KMRU, finds confirmation that sound affects us more deeply than we realize.
The film industry is mostly centred on stars. But often it is people like the sound re-recordist portrayed in the documentary «The Sound Man Mangesh Desai» who turn movies into unique audiovisual experiences.
Defining one’s authenticity by being inauthentic is a central mode of being queer – and has become a popular aesthetic. In an essay inspired by the film «The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo», our writer asks how the metaphor of the flamingo might offer a route out of a repressi
This playlist is an audiovisual journey through the last 45 years of Italian music. Far from being a systematic overview of Italian heritage, this selection aims to outline a heterogeneous, if not divergent, landscape of sounds and music videos.
Other Music was a seminal NYC record store for 20 years. Emilie Friedlander, a frequent shopper there, reflects on the film of the same name and a legacy lost to the algorithm.
André Santos finds ambivalence in the tourism and gentrification of his hometown, as depicted through fado music in the film «Silêncio – Vozes de Lisboa».
Angolan producer Nazar grew up in Belgium, spent his teens in Angola, and is now based in the UK. In this interview, he talks about war, anger, discrimination, and loneliness. An experimental podcast.
Love songs tend to be seen as unpolitical. Granî however, the energetic Kurdish wedding music, contains significant political meanings. An essay by Martin Stokes on the power of hidden dissent cultures, inspired by George Mürer’s film «Her Bijî Granî».
Watching the film «A Girl’s Band» inspires Luisa Fernanda Uribe to think deeply about feminism and intersectionality in Latin America.
