Perspectives on African diaspora in cinema: retracing and updating the historical ties with the continent, signifying and re-signifying African descent.
In this combined programme
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Pequena África
Zózimo Bulbul’s fourth film explores neighbourhoods known as ‘Little Africa’, places of black cultural resistance inhabited by freed ensl -
Elekô
A collage of poetic performances leading through an audio-visual experience of being a black woman. -
Merê
Film on black female protagonism in the Candomblé Jeje Mahi tradition; investigating its roots in Benin and its links to Brazil. -
Pontes sobre Abismos
Triggered by an unveiled family secret, Aline Motta’s ancestral quest confronts the traditional paradigms about miscegenation related to racism -
Travessia
An intimate and poetic essay about the photographic memory of black families. Both a critical perspective and tender counternarrative. -
NoirBLUE – Déplacements d’une danse
A compelling performative audiovisual essay on the diasporic experience of reconnecting with the African continent to retrieve cultural origins.