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Language and memory collide in quiet drama – Blogging Sole

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Language and memory collide in quiet drama – Blogging Sole

Joan Didion’s oft-quoted quote about how we tell ourselves stories for a living presupposes that you can and will use the tools to tell yourself that very story. But what happens when language fails you? What happens when fractures risk preventing you from speaking what could help you live? Writer-director Anna Baumgarten’s film Fluency addresses … Read more

A quiet, earthy character study from rooibos country – Blogging Sole

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A quiet, earthy character study from rooibos country – Blogging Sole

Meanwhile, set on the slopes of South Africa’s rooibos-growing Cedarberg Mountains, it’s a coming-of-age story steeped in the character of the indigenous tea beloved and mispronounced around the world — its smooth, earthy taste in the late afternoon. It has a burnt floral scent and a warm tobacco colour. But if there’s much of the … Read more