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We Come As Friends
We Come As Friends
We Come As Friends
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dir. Hubert Sauper, France/Austria, 2014, 110 mins
Screening times
May 10 16:00, Kinoteka 1
May 16 21:30, Kinoteka 4
May 17 14:30, Kinoteka 2
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About the film

“We Come As Friends” is a modern odyssey, a dizzying, science fiction-like journey into the the heart of Africa. At the moment when the Sudan, the continent’s biggest country, is being divided into two nations, an old “civilizing” pathology re-emerges – that of colonialism, clash of empires, and yet new episodes of bloody (and holy) wars over land and resources. The director of “Darwin’s Nightmare” takes us on this voyage in his tiny, self-made flying machine out of tin and canvas, he leads us into most improbable locations and into people’s thoughts and dreams, in both stunning and heartbreaking ways. Chinese oil workers, UN peacekeepers, Sudanese warlords, and American evangelists ironically weave common ground in this documentary. If “history does not repeat itself, but rhymes”, “We Come As Friends” bares witness to this disquieting reality – it is a complex, profound and humorous cinematic endeavor - a tale of very old and rather sinister verses.

Special events accompanying the screenings:

May 10, Saturday | 16:00 | KINOTEKA | Debate: The youngest country of the world is bleeding – how to help South Sudan, Africa and developing countries wisely


Filmmakers

Reżyseria/Directed by: Hubert Sauper
Zdjęcia/Cinematography by: Barney Broomfield, Hubert Sauper
Produkcja/Production: Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Hubert Sauper; Adelante Films, KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production

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Film trudny do przyswojenia, ze względu na brak akceptacji dla tak przedmiotowego traktowania ludzi. Tym ludziom można pomóc tylko w jeden sposób, zostawić ich w spokoju... (ken)
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Wstrząsający film o tym, że kolonializm wciąż ma się dobrze i jest wciąż tak samo agresywny, chciwy i zakłamany. (doktor_pueblo)