Zeinabu irene Davis
October 2024
The director ofCompensationshares what Bruce Lee’s films taught her about cinematic movement, praises Sarah Maldoror’s revolutionarySambizanga,and shouts out filmmakers she loves, from Cauleen Smith and Cheryl Dunye to Alice Diop and Ousmane Sembène.
8 picks
Picks (8)
Black Orpheus
Marcel Camus
1959 • France • 1h 40m
Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits
Box Set
The Battle of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo
1966 • Italy • 2h 2m
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 4
Box Set
Drylongso
Cauleen Smith
1998 • United States • 1h 21m
The Watermelon Woman
Cheryl Dunye
1996 • United States • 1h 25m
Saint Omer
Alice Diop
2022 • France • 2h 3m
Unavailable
Three Revolutionary Films by Ousmane Sembène
Box Set