His name is Tomas. He is a cinematographer. His documentary, which is devoted to his father’s work, was recently completed, partly funded by Kickstarter (don’t get me started on that), and features an interview with the famous rapper Kanye West, who entered mainstream architectural discourse by way of what now must certainly be the most discussed piece (ArchDaily’s “For Architects Only? How Kanye Exposed Architecture’s Bias”) in architectural literature this year. Here is the trailer for the documentary REM…

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...