this is quite an interesting (and long) list of great independent films by #RichardBrody in the @NewYorker

including e.g.: #ToukiBouki by #Mambéty, the first by #SpikeLee („She’s gitta habe it“), #GoldRush or #Psycho (!) …

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New Yorker: The Greatest Independent Films of the Twentieth Century https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-greatest-independent-films-of-the-twentieth-century

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Mory dreams of leaving Dakar and going to Paris with his college student girlfriend. Mory is a dreamer, doesn't really fit well in a society where young men only talk about revolution. The couple cheats & steals their way through getting tickets for a sea voyage, but Mory has second thoughts. He realizes that wherever he goes, he will be like a bull in the slaughterhouse w/ a noose around his neck. That is the legacy of colonialism. And there’s no escape. #toukibouki #Mambéty #senegal #film