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‘Of Sheep and Men’ Is a Metaphor-Laden Jewel

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Christopher Campbell
Sep 28, 2017
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Toronto International Film Festival

Director Karim Sayad’s feature debut is about so much more than four-legged animals.

Close Up Films, TIFF

Watching Of Sheep and Men, the Qumra-shepherded first feature documentary from Swiss-Algerian filmmaker Karim Sayad, I was reminded of a joke my Algerian family have been telling for years. It’s a jest made at the ex…

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