Embodiment 05

Followed by a talk with Yergalem Taffere, Lena Whooo, and filmmakers from the program

Black Youth
Isaac Martinez, Germany 2023, 04 min., English with English subtitles

Plus que des cheveux [More than Hair]
Fitch Jean, Canada 2022, 12:00 min., French with English subtitles

Pointe Black
Rebecca Murray, England 2020, 05 min., English with English subtitles

Anansi
Aude N'Guessan Forget, France 2022, 20 min., French with English subtitles

Degenere
Sara J. Asprilla Palomino, Colombia 2023,19 min., Spanish with English subtitles

I Think of Silences When I Think of You
Jonelle Twum, Sweden 2023, 09 min., English with English subtitles

Des rêves en bateaux papiers [Dreams Like Paper Boats]
Samuel Suffren, Haiti 2024, 19 min., French with English subtitles

العرب الافارقة [Afro-Arab]
Remi Laudat, United Kingdom 2023, 08 min., English with English subtitles

Gbonyo Party [Dead Person's Party]
Andy Madjitey, Joyce Esi Junada, Ghana 2023, 04 min.,Ga with English subtitles

ሳራ [Sara]
Nahom Abraham, Eritrea 2022, 20 min, Tigrinya with English subtitles

For too long, Black bodies were reduced, exoticized and misunderstood by the white male gaze, a gaze this screening program wholeheartedly and unequivocally rejects. How can narratives be reconquered, and full attention devoted to self-determination in the film world and beyond? How to tell stories that go beyond pain and render the profundity, joy and diversity of Black lives visible? With the Black gaze we see Black identities from an intimate perspective beyond clichés and stereotypes. The Black gaze finally gives narrative power back to those situated at the center of the stories – the Black community. (I)