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semi-autobiographical, and this Home and, in the meantime, I hope assumption is disproportionately Cote's dream comes true and we made about Black artists. I've since get films from Osage filmmakers

For film journalists, this time of year means near-constant ranking and re-ranking of our bestfilms-of-the-year lists. This year, a noticeable pattern has emerged. Among those jostling for my top spot are, , and – the latter two due to hit UK cinemas next year. They are all brilliant, and they are all made by filmmakers who aren't members of the communities they are depicting. Christopher Nolan isn't Jewish, Matteo Garrone isn't Senegalese, Steve McQueen isn't Dutch and Martin Scorsese isn't a member of the Osage Nation.

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