From filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson, director of The
Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 (Official Selection, Hot
Docs 2011), comes a bold and fresh visual narrative
on Africa. Weaving newly discovered archival material
from the late 1960s and 70s with text from Frantz
Fanon’s seminal work on the dehumanizing effects of
colonialism, The Wretched of the Earth, Concerning
Violence is both an archive-driven survey of the most
daring moments in Africa’s liberation struggle, and
an exploration of the mechanisms of decolonization.
This unique blend of archive and essay re-introduces
Fanon’s humanist, post-colonial vision through a
cinematic journey that brings the viewer face to face
with the subjects of Fanon’s writings; people for whom
his words were not just rhetoric, but a harsh reality.
Co-presented by Toronto Black Film Festival.