MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Film round-up: August 11, 2022
Maria Duarte reviews Blind Ambition, Where is Anne Frank, Eiffel, and Between Two Dawns
EFFERVESCENT: Blind Ambition
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
Blind Ambition (12A)
Directed by Robert Coe and Warwick Ross
★★★★
AN INSPIRING and uplifting “underdog story” of how four Zimbabwean refugees, rose to fast become the top sommeliers in South Africa, and then joined forces to form the first black team to take part in the World WineTasting Championships in France.
You cannot help but root for Team Zimbabwe as the cameras follow Joseph, Pardon, Tinashe and Marlvin every step of the way on their quest against all the odds. Particularly when you realise that there is no wine making or wine consumption in their homeland and yet they discovered they had the nose for it.
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