In this lyrical documentary, Billy Woodberry pays homage to Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène. The film delves into a selection of black-and-white photographs belonging to a single collection. Sound and music add dynamism to the still pictures, which document a compelling portrait of life and labour at the docks of Marseille. Special attention is paid to the workers of African descent, and to the 1947 strike in which Sembène himself participated.
– Cristina Álvarez López
Also in this combined programme
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KLITCLIQUE – Zu zweit
Not exactly a music video, but a queer-anarchist audio-visual manifesto from radical Austrian duo KLITCLIQUE.
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Marine Target
A disquieting exploration of the Salton Sea – haunted by traces of catastrophic US nuclear testing.
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Mar(i)cona
The filmmaker navigates between a trans identity forged in the city, and rural family roots.
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Dreams of G
An immersion into the surreal dreams and visions of a young woman haunted by loneliness.
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A White Screen Is Visible
The sensations and perceptions experienced in parasomniac states are brilliantly rendered in this hypnotic dream exploration.
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HUMUS (multiplexing)
Between figurative and abstract, this one-man show is like Busby Berkeley for the digital age.
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Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2005
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 11"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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