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Lenard (726 KP) rated Nafi's Father (Baamum Nafi) (2020) in Movies

Feb 2, 2021  
Nafi's Father (Baamum Nafi) (2020)
Nafi's Father (Baamum Nafi) (2020)
2020 | Drama, International
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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The type of film I always find interesting. A pious man stands alone against his community. The community can get better, but the ethical cost is too high. People give up their principles if it means a better life many times. In Nafi's Father, the religious leader stands against his brother who is backed by a questionable sheikh. How the sheikh accumulated his wealth is insinuated and what it means to accept his assistance is harrowing. Nafi's father does not even have a name in the film. He is referred to as Tierno because no one has used his actual name since he became the village spiritual leader. Names are very important as brother Ousmane always adds a title to his name. Very similar to gangster films of America, the community is forced to protect itself against outside evil.
  
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Kevin Morby recommended track Ene Alantchi Alnorem (I Can't Live Without You) by Mulatu Astatke in New York–Addis–London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965–1975 by Mulatu Astatke in Music (curated)

 
New York–Addis–London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965–1975 by Mulatu Astatke
New York–Addis–London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965–1975 by Mulatu Astatke
2009 | Jazz
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Ene Alantchi Alnorem (I Can't Live Without You) by Mulatu Astatke

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"This song is from one of the Éthiopiques compilations and I really got really into them a few years ago. I was touring around Southern France and Spain and I remember listening to that music for the first time and seeing the beautiful landscape out the window. There’s just so much emotion and feeling in his playing and it really made me want to have saxophone on the record. “It's interesting sometimes with instrumental music, how it can almost make you feel more than a good lyric will make you feel. It provokes something that touches you on an almost spiritual level. I think that's the goal as a musician - whether it's instrumental or it has lyrics, you're always trying to touch someone in a really deep way; you want to try to get at the core of somebody."

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Kristina (502 KP) rated Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) in Books

Dec 7, 2020  
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7)
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7)
Sarah J. Maas | 2018 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
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9.4 (11 Ratings)
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KOA was a long, action-packed, unforgettable ending to a lengthy, yet beautiful, series of good versus evil, spiritual and emotional growth, loss and love and healing. I shed tears, I cursed, I smiled. It was a conclusion I was honestly too afraid to hope for and yet it was surrounded by so many unexpected moments. I put off reading this for so long, because the ending is so final and I knew I'd feel the loss deep inside - which I do. Regardless of the opportunity to always start the series over, this is truly goodbye. Sarah wrapped everything up beautifully. I am in awe of the depth of her writing and the intricacies each individual perspective beheld for the entirety of the story. I will not sin forget Aelin, Rowan, or their friends. Well done, Sarah.