"I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians"
Idealistic theatre-maker discovers that not everyone wants to be reminded of Romania’s kick-off of the Holocaust.
140'
Romania
IFFR 2019
In the summer of 2016, black CD salesman Alton Sterling was shot dead by two white policemen in Louisiana. They were not prosecuted, which led to huge protests by the New Black Panther Party – successor to the movement founded in the sixties to fight for equal rights for the Afro-American community.
In What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?, Italian filmmaker Roberto Minervini follows these protests, as well as their leader, the undaunted Krystal Muhammad, from close by. The action is intercut with footage of Judy Hill – a singer who has given up drugs and runs a bar in New Orleans – and discussions between brothers Ronaldo and Titus and their mother, who fights like a lioness for a better future for her children. This observational documentary, shot in beautiful black-and-white, was in the Golden Lion competition at the most recent Venice film festival, and picked up awards in London, Vienna and Mar del Plata.
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A harvest of outstanding features – the future classics of arthouse cinema.
Read more about this programmeIdealistic theatre-maker discovers that not everyone wants to be reminded of Romania’s kick-off of the Holocaust.
140'
Romania
IFFR 2019
Eight-part series based on the first of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels, a history of post-war Italy told through the fates of two young women who are best friends.
469'
Italy
IFFR 2019
At the age of 43, painter Javier Belmonte can no longer camouflage his fear of life and insecurity with bohemian bravura.
75'
Uruguay
IFFR 2019