Praise for the Concerning Violence documentary:
"By grounding colonial brutalities and the responses to those injustices in the visual, the phenomenon of colonialism attains a larger and more global significance. Olsson’s interest is in decolonisation—that short yet potent moment at the tail end of an anti-colonial war followed by the transfer of power when the new nation comes into being. This has often proven to be one of the most violent episodes in post-colonial history, and [Frantz] Fanon is its most articulate philosopher. . . . Olsson’s investment [is] in making Fanon’s theory relevant and up-to-date."
—Guardian
"Concerning Violence [is] a postcolonialist montage . . . [an] illustration of Fanon’s 1961 anticolonialist broadside, The Wretched of the Earth, abridged and sharpened to its ferocious point."
—New York Times
"Concerning Violence [is] an intelligent, bracing look at the dynamics of colonial power."
—Sundance Review
"I do not think it is premature to call Concerning Violence the documentary of the year."
—Grolsch Film Works
"Sobering, important and expertly curated."
—The List
"Passionate call to arms."
—Time Out
Praise for the Concerning Violence documentary:
"By grounding colonial brutalities and the responses to those injustices in the visual, the phenomenon of colonialism attains a larger and more global significance. Olsson’s interest is in decolonisation—that short yet potent moment at the tail end of an anti-colonial war followed by the transfer of power when the new nation comes into being. This has often proven to be one of the most violent episodes in post-colonial history, and [Frantz] Fanon is its most articulate philosopher. . . . Olsson’s investment [is] in making Fanon’s theory relevant and up-to-date."
—Guardian
"Concerning Violence [is] a postcolonialist montage . . . [an] illustration of Fanon’s 1961 anticolonialist broadside, The Wretched of the Earth, abridged and sharpened to its ferocious point."
—New York Times
"Concerning Violence [is] an intelligent, bracing look at the dynamics of colonial power."
—Sundance Review
"I do not think it is premature to call Concerning Violence the documentary of the year."
—Grolsch Film Works
"Sobering, important and expertly curated."
—The List
"Passionate call to arms."
—Time Out
