Saw a screening of animated Moustapha Alassane short films at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (paired with Georges Mélies) that were incredibly moving and indeed magical. I am now obsessed with the Nigerien filmmaker.

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8957-the-politically-trenchant-fables-of-animation-pioneer-moustapha-alassane

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