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Paul laurence dunbar

(Nord Américains)

Documentaire sur la vie et l'héritage du premier Afro-Américain à atteindre une renommée nationale en tant qu'écrivain. 
(De Frederick Lewis, États-Unis, 2020,  118’, documentaire, anglais VOSF) 

STAND DOWN SOLDIER

(Nord Américains)

Stand Down Soldier est un drame social qui explore les difficultés de réintégration dans la vie civile des soldats qui se sont battus en Irak et Afghanistan d’après la perspective d’une femme afro-américaine.  

(De Jeryl Prescott Sales, États-Unis, 2015, 82min,  fiction en anglais VOSF) 

hogtown

(Nord Américains)

Le film est situé dans le Chicago de 1919 avec en toile de fond les émeutes raciales et la présence d’Ernest Hemingway alors âgé de 19 ans. 
(De Daniel NEARING, États-Unis, 2015,  95’, drame expérimental, anglais VOSF)  

sisters in cinema

(Nord Américains)

Sisters in Cinema offre un voyage  spectaculaire et une leçon d’histoire sur les origines et la présence plutôt réduite des réalisatrices afro-américaines à Hollywood et dans le cinéma américain en général. 
(De Yvonne WELBON, États-Unis, 2003, 62min,  documentaire en anglais VOSF)

MARY LOU WILLIAMS
The Lady Who Swings The Band

(USA)

She was ahead of her time, a genius. During an era when Jazz was the nation's popular music, Mary Lou Williams was one of its greatest innovators.
(Dir. Carol Bash, USA, 2015, 60min, in English)

LES MAINS NOIRES

(Canada)

Les Mains Noires – Procès de l’Esclave Incendiaire enquête sur l’esclavage en Nouvelle-France au 18e siècle à travers le personnage véridique de Marie-Josèphe Angélique, accusée d’avoir incendié Montréal en 1734. (De Tetchena Bellange, Canada, 2010, 52min,  docu. VF)

LA NÉGATION DU BRÉSIL 

(Latin America)

La Négation du Brésil est un film documentaire sur les tabous, les stéréotypes, et les luttes des acteurs noirs qui travaillent dans les feuilletons télévisé de la télévision brésilienne. 
(De Joel Zito Araujo, Brésil, 2000, 92 min, documentaire Portugais,  VOSF) 

aluku liba

(Caraïbes)

Quand l’armée réprime l’exploitation aurifère illégale dans la forêt amazonienne, Loeti est contraint de fuir l’un des sites, et doit utiliser les compétences qu’il a acquises enfant, pour survivre dans la forêt.
(De Nicolas Jolliet, Canada/Guyane Française/Suriname, 2009, 90 min, Docu‐Drama, VOSF) 

LA BANANE

(Afrique)

Interdit au Cameroun, ce documentaire décrit les mauvaises conditions de travail dans les plantations de bananes dans la région Njombe-Penja du Cameroun. 
(De Frank Belieu, Cameroun, 2011, 85mins, documentaire VF) 

UNE FEMME PAS COMME LES AUTRES 

(Afrique)

Trompée dans son propre lit conjugal par un homme avec qui elle vit depuis sept ans, Mina (Georgette Paré), dirigeante d’entreprise prospère, décide de prendre un deuxième mari, dans une société où la polygamie ne suscite aucun signe de réprobation.
(Burkina Faso, 2009, 101mins, comédie VF)

2 semaines à lagos

(Afrique)

2 Semaines à Lagos est une comédie romantique qui suit la vie de Ejikeme and Lola quand ils se rencontrent à Lagos, Nigéria. Le film décrit l’excitation, le dynamisme et la complexité de la vie quotidienne à Lagos. Avec un humour précis et des rebondissements inattendus, c’est une comédie romantique accomplie, sensible et opportune. (De. Kathryn Fasegha/ Canada and Nigeria/ 2019/ Comédie Romantique/ English/ 115 min)

CONGO: WHITE KING, RED RUBBER, BLACK DEATH

(Afrique)

Ce documentaire évoque le destin tragique et mal connu du Congo, ce grand territoire au coeur de l'Afrique, propriété personnelle de Léopold II, roi des Belges de 1885 à 1908, colonie de la Belgique jusqu'en 1960. (De Peter Bate, Congo and Belgique, 2003, Anglais, 90 Min)

Loimata

(New Zealand)

Loimata, les larmes les plus douces suit les dernières années de vie d’une femme Maori qui construit des Wakas - une pirogue utilisée pour voyager d'île en île - et aide sa famille à confronter un traumatisme intergénérationnel à travers un retour à leur pays d’origine, le Samoa. Une histoire poignante, tendre qui montre l'amour inconditionnel que les membres d’une famille ont l’un pour l’autre et leurs engagements à se reconstruire.

(De Anna Marbrook, New Zealand/Samoa, 2021, 94 minutes, documentaire, English/Samoan)

LUDI

(Caribbean)

L'infirmière Ludi se retrouve sous une immense pression financière à cause d'une demi-vérité. Elle se lance alors dans une course effrénée à travers le réseau des soins privés de Miami dans le but d'envoyer de l'argent à sa famille à Port au Prince en Haïti.
 
La relation que Ludi développe avec sa propriétaire cubaine et avec son client juif senior offre un aperçu du «melting pot » culturel de la ville de Miami. (Dir. by Edson Jean, USA, 2021, 81 Minutes, drama, English and Haitian Creole with English subtitles)

ROLÊ

(Brazil)

Les manifestations contre la violence des agents de sécurité et des employés des centres commerciaux au Brésil ont mobilisées des milliers de personnes ces dernières années. Cette forme de protestation a mis en évidence les barrières imposées par la discrimination raciale et l'exclusion sociale. Ce documentaire
suit la vie et les souvenirs de trois personnages noirs qui ont vécu des situations de racisme traumatisantes et ont participé aux manifestations qui ont eu lieu récemment dans des centres commerciaux au Brésil. (Réalisé par Vladimir Seixas / 2021 / 82 minutes / Documentaire / Brésil / VOSF)

the big banana

(Africa)

Banned in Cameroon, The Big Banana illustrates the poor working conditions in banana plantations and exposes the adverse impact on the people of a corporatocracy government that affords super profits for corporations at the expense of the local population.

(Dir. Franck Bieleu, Cameroon, 2011, 85min, Documentary in French with English subtitles)

homecoming

(Africa)

Charlie, Thabo and Peter, three “MK” veterans from the armed branch of the African National Congress, return to post-apartheid South Africa in 1996 after years of exile. It will not be easy for them to find their place in society again.

(Dir. Norman Maake, South Africa, 2005, 90min, Fiction in English) 

an uncommon woman

(Africa)

Mina is tired of her husband's infidelity and decides to take a drastic decision: She takes a second husband. Based on his conversations with women involved in polygamist relationships, he illustrates - to very funny effects - the daily life of two persons - in this case two men - who share a spouse. On a comedic tone, Abdoulaye Dao tells us a story of jealousy, infidelity, romance and revenge.
(Dir. Adboulaye Dao, Burkina Faso, 2009, 101mins, comedy, French with English subtitles) 

2 weeks in Lagos

(Africa)

"2 Weeks in Lagos" is a turbulent and thrilling journey into the lives of Ejikeme and Lola. Their lives collide when Ejikeme, an investment banker, comes home from the United States with Lola's brother Charlie to invest in Nigerian businesses. It is love at first sight for them and as they embark on a journey of discovering this new love, they have to contend with the political ambitions of Ejikeme's mother…(Dir. Kathryn Fasegha/ Canada and Nigeria/ 2019/ Romantic Comedy/ English/ 115 min)

a taste of our land

(Africa)

Set in an unnamed African country, A Taste of Our Land is a film about greed told against the backdrop of the current Chinese influence in African countries. While trying to provide for his pregnant wife, Yohani, an older African man, retrieves a gold nugget in a Chinese-run mine built on his land and runs away to sell it for $100. When he learns its real value, he becomes as obsessed with it as Cheng, the Chinese mine supervisor who will stop at nothing to get it back.

(Directed by Yuhi Amuli, Rwanda, 2020, 84min, drama, English.)

moto taxi /BENDSKINS

(Africa)

Sani, Marie and Franck are three young moto-taxi drivers with unique destinies and stories. Sani has to face Charles, his employer and also father of Samedi, his girlfriend, who is pregnant with his child. Marie, raped five years ago, tries to find Tom, her rapist. And Franck, on his side, must do everything to get rid of the lifeless body of an 8 month old child.

Directed by Narcisse Wandji, Cameroon, 2021, 90 mins, drama, French (with English subtitles)

CONGO: WHITE KING, RED RUBBER, BLACK DEATH

(Africa)

This true, astonishing story of what King Leopold II did in the Congo was forgotten for over 50 years. “ Congo:White King, Red Rubber, Black Death” describes how King Leopold II of Belgium turned Congo into its private colony between 1885 and 1908. Under his control, Congo became a gulag labor camp of shocking brutality. Leopold posed as the protector of Africans fleeing Arab slave-traders but, in reality, he carved out an empire based on terror to harvest rubber. Families were held as hostages, starving to death if the men failed to produce enough wild rubber. Children's hands were chopped off as punishment for late deliveries. (Directed by Peter Bate/Congo and Belgium/ 2003 / 90 Min / VOSF)

CITIZEN KWAME

(Africa)

“Citizen Kwame” is a Kafkaesque film about travel visas. It tells the story of Kwame, an African man who wants to travel outside of his compound, but he must first get a visa from a Caucasian gatekeeper who controls movements in-and-out of the house. It is only with the help of a newly acquired Caucasian girlfriend that he succeeds.

(Dir. Yuhi Amuli, Rwanda, 2023, 81 min, Drama)

MARY LOU WILLIAMS
The Lady Who Swings The Band

(USA)

She was ahead of her time, a genius. During an era when Jazz was the nation's popular music, Mary Lou Williams was one of its greatest innovators. As both a pianist and composer, she was a font of daring and creativity who helped shape the sound of 20th century America. And like the dynamic, turbulent nation in which she lived, Williams seemed to redefine herself with every passing decade.

(Dir. Carol Bash, USA, 2015, 60min, in English)

MOOZ-LUM

(USA)

Pulled between his strict Muslim upbringing by his father (Roger Guenveur Smith) and the normal social life he’s never had, Tariq Mahdi (Evan Ross) enters college in a state of confusion. When the attacks of 9/11 happen without warning, Tariq is forced to face his past and make the biggest decisions of his life. (Dir. Qasim Basir, USA, 2011, 80min, Fiction in English) 

HOGTOWN

(USA)

HOGTOWN is set in 1919 Chicago against the backdrop of the race riots of that year. The story follows an investigation into the disappearance of a millionaire theatre owner during a snowstorm.

(Dir. Daniel Nearing, USA, 2015, 95min, in English)

STAND DOWN SOLDIER

(USA)

The drama Stand Down Soldier tells the story of Sergeant Stacy Armstrong who returns home from three deployments suffering with Post traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Soon after her return, she and her husband realise their 20-year marriage is about to be another casualty of war.

(Dir. Jeryl Prescott Sales, USA, 2015, 82min, Drama in English)

SLAVE REPaRATIONS: the final passage

(USA)

This documentary is an examination of the arguments, pro and con, for the payments of compensation for the injustice suffered by Africans and African-Americans under slavery.

(Dir. by John Eisler, Arlene Corsano, USA, 2004, 28 min., documentary, English)

paul laurence dunbar

(USA)

Documentary on the life and legacy of the first African American to achieve national fame as a writer. Born to former slaves in Dayton, Ohio, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), is best remembered for his poem, “We Wear the Mask” and for lines from “Sympathy” that became the title of Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.”

(Directed by Frederick Lewis, 2018, United States, 105 minutes, documentary, English)

SISTERS IN CINEMA

(USA)

Sisters in Cinema is a spectacular road trip and history lesson into the origins of what appears to be the rather slender presence of black women filmmakers in Hollywood and beyond. (Dir. Yvonne Welbon, USA, 2003, 62min, Investigative Documentary in English)

THE SLEEPING NEGRO

(USA)

WINNER!
* FIPRESCI Award, International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg 2022, Germany
* VISIONARY AWARD , Cinequest 2022

Confronted with a series of racially charged incidents, a young black man must overcome rage, alienation, and hopelessness in order to find his own humanity.

(Skinner Myers, USA, 2021, 72min, Drama, English)

THE NAKED POET

(Europe)

The Naked Poet is a smart, heartfelt drama about infidelity and sexual desire.

(Dir. Jason Barrett, UK, 2016, 117min, Romantic Comedy Drama in English)

OTOMO

(Europe)

A powerful film portraying institutionalized racism and police brutality, Otomo provides a convincing look at the everyday world of refugees, who are continuously surrounded by tension and insecurity. (Dir. Frieder Schlaich, Germany, 1999, 84min, Drama in German with English subtitles)

YAFA, FORGIVENESS

(Europe)

Demba is an African who has fled an oppressive regime in his own country and is seeking asylum in Paris. One night he encounters Lucien, a policeman from the Caribbean, who speaks to him in the voice of the dominant class. But in his country Demba is a professor of History and Geography while Lucien left school early to help his mother, a cleaning lady.

(Dir. Christian Lara, France, 2019, 85 Minutes, drama, French with English subtitles)

BLACK HANDS – TRIAL OF THE ARSONIST SLAVE

(Canada)

“Black Hands – Trial of the Arsonist Slave” investigates slavery in Canada through the story of Marie-Josèphe Angélique, a Black slave accused of burning Montreal in 1734.

(Dir. Tetchena Bellange, Canada, 2010, 52min, Documentary)