Chadian cinema is small in output but significant in spirit, shaped largely by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, whose quiet, observational films brought the country to international festival attention. Talking About Trees offers a moving look at the struggle to keep film culture alive in the country itself. See what Macca made of Chad's films below.
Rating: 3.0★
Chad is not a country you would typically associate with a thriving film industry, and that context matters when watching Lingui, the Sacred Bonds. The country gained independence from France in 1960, yet for decades its cultural output on screen remained negligible, constrained by poverty, political instability, and an almost
Genre Documentary
★★★ — Talking About Trees (2019)
Genre Documentary
★★½ — Lac (2019)
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