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I want you to watch this. When I say children deserve better art, particularly cinema, this is what I've been talking about. If we're being real though, this could be shown to anyone to exemplify how simple practical lessons on Western imperialism, exploitation and oppression of Africans throughout the years can be shown through art. Before, of course, one dives deeper before one learns more. This film is the African tale made by two Soviet filmmakers in 1963 and America still hasn't taken notes. It follows this African man living on his land and enjoying his life and enjoying the fruits of his labor than these animals come in. They give him these western materials, these advertisers, these magazines, these fun things. He enjoys them while he is enjoying them, they take all his stuff, they take all his resources they take over his land. This short film is filled with great things but there's a couple I would really like to point out. And even to this day we still see some stereotypical racist depictions of Africans in media, in animation. I mean, even I just saw something last night that was crazy from not too long ago. However, it was especially prevalent in the 20th century and while I may not team to radical to not show this type of depiction of black folks, of African people in animation and art in media. Negating said stereotypes was impressive and I've really taken a back by how beautiful. They made this man look. Secondly, the previously mentioned animals all represent different facets of power used to oppress the colonis. Some may represent religion, some may represent law, some may represent business, etc, etc. While this may seem simple to people who are aware of these subjects who are knowledgeable on these subjects presented here, I'd like to compare it to when we revisit the shows and the movies and all the things that we enjoyed in our childhood and we're like, wait. That joke was kind of matured. That represented something that I wouldn't have understand then but now I understand it now. And now it's funny or now it's relevant to me or now I'm able to point this out, right? It may not be, oh, that was a sexual joke, you know, from this little cartoon show, this small little kid show that I saw this time it's, oh, this is an allegory for colonization and an allegory for imperialism and its effects on our people. And I think that not only children but anybody who was willing to learn should have art like this, you know, give into them and present it to them. So, so you too, let me know what you think. Thank you.