Concerning Violence: Fanon, Film, and Liberation in Africa, Selected Takes 1965-1987

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An unblinking portrait of the anti-colonial struggles of the 1960s, Concerning Violence combines more than 150 arresting colour and black-and-white photographs from Goran Hugo Olsson's award-winning documentary by the same name, with passages from Frantz Fanon's classic The Wretched of the Earth (Penguin Classics, 2001). Concerning Violence is a powerful commentary on the history of colonialism and struggles for self-determination, whose echoes remain with us today, and will introduce a new generation to Frantz Fanon.

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Praise for the Concerning Violence documentary: "By grounding colonial brutalities and the responses to those injustices in the visual, the phenomenon of colonialism attains a larger and more global significance. Olssons interest is in decolonisationthat short yet potent moment at the tail end of an anti-colonial war followed by the transfer of power when the new nation comes into being. This has often proven to be one of the most violent episodes in post-colonial history, and [Frantz] Fanon is its most articulate philosopher. . . . Olssons investment [is] in making Fanons theory relevant and up-to-date." Guardian "Concerning Violence [is] a postcolonialist montage . . . [an] illustration of Fanons 1961 anticolonialist broadside, The Wretched of the Earth, abridged and sharpened to its ferocious point." New York Times "Concerning Violence [is] an intelligent, bracing look at the dynamics of colonial power." Sundance Review "I do not think it is premature to call Concerning Violence the documentary of the year." Grolsch Film Works "Sobering, important and expertly curated." The List "Passionate call to arms." Time Out
Praise for the Concerning Violence documentary: "By grounding colonial brutalities and the responses to those injustices in the visual, the phenomenon of colonialism attains a larger and more global significance. Olssons interest is in decolonisationthat short yet potent moment at the tail end of an anti-colonial war followed by the transfer of power when the new nation comes into being. This has often proven to be one of the most violent episodes in post-colonial history, and [Frantz] Fanon is its most articulate philosopher. . . . Olssons investment [is] in making Fanons theory relevant and up-to-date." Guardian "Concerning Violence [is] a postcolonialist montage . . . [an] illustration of Fanons 1961 anticolonialist broadside, The Wretched of the Earth, abridged and sharpened to its ferocious point." New York Times "Concerning Violence [is] an intelligent, bracing look at the dynamics of colonial power." Sundance Review "I do not think it is premature to call Concerning Violence the documentary of the year." Grolsch Film Works "Sobering, important and expertly curated." The List "Passionate call to arms." Time Out

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Gran Hugo Olsson is a documentary filmmaker, cinematographer, and author. He is the director of four feature films, including The Black Power Mixtape: 19671975 and Concerning Violence. This is his second book. Sophie Vukovic is a Stockholm-based filmmaker. Her short films have screened at Swedish and international festivals. She has also worked as an assistant director and editor.