Soul in the Eye
Overview of films
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Re-existences
Stories of existence as forms of resistance. Surviving violence and hate with affection.
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Fluxus and Reconnections
Perspectives on African diaspora in cinema: retracing and updating the historical ties with the continent, signifying and re-signifying African descent.
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Soul in the Eye – Talks, Performance and Masterclass
Talks with filmmakers, a performance by Jota Mombaça and a masterclass by Tiger Award nominee Gabriel Martins Alves.
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O som do silêncio
Separated by life, father and son are strangers to each other. When there is no communication, silence is a cry.
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Merê
Film on black female protagonism in the Candomblé Jeje Mahi tradition; investigating its roots in Benin and its links to Brazil.
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My Friend Fela
The complexity of musician Fela Kuti’s life unravelled through the eyes of his biographer and friend, the African-Cuban Carlos Moore.
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Pontes sobre Abismos
Triggered by an unveiled family secret, Aline Motta’s ancestral quest confronts the traditional paradigms about miscegenation related to racism
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Abolição
Bulbul made this powerful historical analysis of racial issues in Brazil in 1988, one hundred years after slavery was abolished there.
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NoirBLUE – Déplacements d’une danse
A compelling performative audiovisual essay on the diasporic experience of reconnecting with the African continent to retrieve cultural origins.
