From the film’s opening shot of two young men covered in thick, blue paint, trekking through the lush Trinidadian rainforest, "Play the Devil" captivates. The film’s central queer relationship juxtaposed with the natural countryside pushes conventional boundaries in a way that feels intoxicating, transgressive, and, ultimately, necessary.
Read MoreA light rain fell as I pushed my way into a modern building at 59th Street and Lexington Avenue, the East Coast home of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for a screening of Ava DuVernay's Selma, about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 1965 voting rights marches of Alabama.
Read MoreAfter an October 2014 coup toppled the 27-year presidency of Blaise Compaoré, most thought the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) would be cancelled. Though festival organizers maintained the show would go on, scant weeks before its opening no official announcement had been made.
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