Spell Reel

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Spell Reel

2017

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Ela Bittencourt

Hyperallergic

Feb 7, 2020

César poignantly captures the desire to free the image, or rather, to reactivate it by incorporating it into a broad historical narrative.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

Jun 28, 2017

"Spell Reel" isn't necessarily accessible, but it gains clarity as it proceeds.

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Bedatri D. Choudhury

MUBI

Jan 17, 2019

Spell Reel is a diligent and painstaking recording of the processes of excavating, restoring and exploring the after-lives of the films of Guinea-Bissau.

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Michael Sicinski

Cinema Scope

Jul 10, 2018

The result is a dialectical montage reminiscent of both Harun Farocki and Travis Wilkerson.

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Filipa César

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Flora Gomes

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Sana Na N'Hada

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Director: Filipa César

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