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Latifah and Himli's Nomadic Uncle
Alnoor Dewshi's clever, charming and illuminating film about two cousins who discuss ideas of culture and history while wandering through London.
Overview
“Where I come from we don’t worry about we come from”. So says Latifah to her cousin Himli in Alnoor Dewshi's clever, charming and illuminating film about two cousins who discuss ideas of culture and history while wandering through London.
Desribed by John Akomfrah as an "excellent film on Nomadology and diasporic sublime".
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