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    AFI Fest opens with 'Mudbound' and continues with a bounty of world cinema

    by Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times Nov 10, 2017 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - One of the pleasing ironies of AFI Fest is that, although presented annually by an organization called the American Film Institute, this Hollywood-based, independent-spirited festival has become a vital destination for moviegoers seeking some of the best that world cinema has to offer.

    Don't get me wrong. Any overview of this year's festival highlights would have to include more than a smattering of American titles, including Errol Morris' 4 1/2-hour documentary-fiction hybrid, "Wormwood," soon to be seen on Netflix; "The Disaster Artist," James Franco's wild look at the making and unmaking of an L.A. sensation named Tommy Wiseau; and a dazzling, 12-film Robert Altman retrospective.

    But it would also have to feature the farther-flung

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