Africa Is a Country

African Child

African Child

By
Sonja Sugira

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I haven’t seen Get Him to the Greek, the new film starring P. Diddy, Jonah Hill and Russell Brand, but thanks to the twitterverse, I ran across this video of the opening sequence of the film. The clip details the rise and fall of Brand’s character, rock star Aldous Snow, after he releases “an album and an accompanying single about problems in Africa called African Child.”

Take a look. [Sean: The clip works now.]

h/t Texas in Africa

Further Reading

No one should be surprised we exist

The documentary film, ‘Rolé—Histórias dos Rolezinhos’ by Afro-Brazilian filmmaker Vladimir Seixas uses sharp commentary to expose social, political, and cultural inequalities within Brazilian society.

Kenya’s stalemate

A fundamental contest between two orders is taking place in Kenya. Will its progressives seize the moment to catalyze a vision for social, economic, and political change?

More than a building

The film ‘No Place But Here’ uses VR or 360 media to immerse a viewer inside a housing occupation in Cape Town. In the process, it wants to challenge gentrification and the capitalist logic of home ownership.