DIRECTED BY YANICK LÉTOURNEAU “A right is only useful if you make use of it,” Burkina Faso-based hip-hop artist Smockey offers midway through United States of Africa. Yanick Létourneau’s stirring-but-sober documentary takes its most charismatic subject at his word, tracing a strain of politically conscious rap that promotes a message of enfranchisement and African nationalism. … Continue reading United States of Africa