In 2006, Nobel-Prize-winning African American author Toni Morrison curated the exhibition The Foreigner's Home in the Louvre. Ten years later, this collection of art – ranging from the classical painting The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault and choreography by William Forsythe to performances by local slam poets – has lost none of its relevance.
This documentary brings Morrison’s work and vision together as expressed in the exhibition. Archive footage related to the exhibition, Morrison’s speech, performances and interviews with artists are intercut with excerpts from a more recent interview, conducted by writer Edwidge Danticat with Morrison at her home, on historical images, photos and music illustrating her ideas concerning slavery, 'race', identity and what it means to be a 'foreigner'. But above all on the power of art to re-present the human and give us a sense of home. Along the way, simply drawn animations show how Medusa’s raft looks these days.
- Directors
- Rian Brown, Geoff Pingree
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Countries of production
- USA, France
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 57'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, French
- Producers
- Rian Brown, Geoff Pingree, Ford Morrison, Jonathan Demme
- Production Companies
- Ice Lens Pictures, Ford Morrison Studios, Clinica Estetico
- Sales
- Rian Brown
- Screenplay
- Geoff Pingree, Based on writings by Toni Morrison
- Cinematography
- Ford Morrison, Drew Dickler, Jacob Hochendoner, Kervin Marseille, Rian Brown, Geoff Pingree
- Editor
- Rian Brown, Geoff Pingree, Yari Wolinsky
- Sound Design
- Peter V. Swendsen
- Music
- Jay Ashby, Peter Swendsen
- Website
- http://theforeignershome.com/