Scribbles and Ramblings

The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations  (AFCON) kicked off on Sun, Dec 21 and is a reminder of a time when I did film spotlights for the different s...

In compiling a list of the best Arab films of all time, the same problems in making the African films list surfaced: problem of accessibilit...

1. Death Disturbs / La mort trouble (1970, co-directed with Claude d’Anna) 2. Caméra d’Afrique (1983) 3. Caméra Arabe (1987) 4. Halfaouine: ...

The challenge in making any top films list from a country or region is accessibility to quality works from that specific country/region. The...

 Soleil Ô (1967, Mauritania/France, Med Hondo) I had read about Med Hondo in a few posts over the years. Yet, I hadn’t seen any of his films...