All Are Human (2017)
★★★★½ — All Are Human (2017)
A short documentary from American production outfit Novo Pictures, directed by Andrew Michael Ellis and Lindsay Branham, "All Are Human" was shot on location in the Central African Republic during a period when the country was still living with the aftermath of the 2012-2014 conflict between the predominantly Christian anti-Balaka militia and the Muslim Séléka rebel coalition. That civil war displaced hundreds of thousands of people and left deep sectarian wounds across the country. Ellis and Branham were relative newcomers when they made this, working with a local cast drawn from the communities the film depicts rather than professional actors. At just twenty-one minutes, it sits somewhere between drama and documentary, reconstructing true accounts from survivors on the very ground where those events unfolded.
A-Z World Movie Tour Central African Republic https://vimeo.com/215053865 Wow. Based on true accounts... You know sometimes when the movie ends and you just let the credits roll and absorb what you've just seen? This is one of those shorts. I've said it once. I'll say it a thousand times. Movies are either an escape from reality or a reflection of it. This... is someone's story. Someone's actual story. The cinematography is stunning. The soundtrack is beautiful, haunting and melancholic. The story is real. The acting reflects that. My only gripe... is that it's too short. This story deserves more than 20 minutes. The lives of the people in it deserve more than 20 minutes. People get drawn into these conflicts and are forced to carry out the most barbaric acts. Nobody wins. I think I have to give this a near perfect score. Best short I've seen so far.
Rating: ★★★★½ | Year: 2017 | Watched: 2025-05-31
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