Gwetto (2023) and Todisoa and the Black Stones (2013)

“Economically disadvantaged,” they call themselves in Gwetto – true of both movies, though the displaced people of Todisoa are also geographically disadvantaged. They’re forcibly relocated by white exploiters who run a mine with local labor. A guy carrying charcoal to the next town inevitably reminds of the much more interesting Makala. Gwetto is car wash kids who are stressed that the neighbors think they’re thugs. Katy calls it impressionistic – we don’t get to know these guys individually. One bit of excitement outside a carnival where you can see people in the background clambering on the outside of the ferris wheels. Andrianaly won a T/F career award, but Katy and I are suddenly less interested in catching up with his Nofinofy.

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