Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Cinema that chronicles the Black liberation movement of the 1970s, in the wake of the civil rights movement, provides a fertile ground for expression. Wildly creative in form, the films in this program never lose sight of the social significance of their subject matter. A few titles from before and after that period complete the picture. Guest programmer: eunice bélidor.
Filmmaker William Greaves auditioned acting students for a fiction movie, while simultaneously filming behind the scenes of the drama.
William Greaves
William Greaves was an American documentary filmmaker and a pioneer of filmmaking. After trying his hand at acting, he became a filmmaker who produced more than two hundred documentary films, and wrote and directed more than half of these. Greaves garnered many accolades for his work, including four Emmy nominations.
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Black Power : la poésie d’une lutte
La programmatrice invitée eunice bélidor nous présente le cycle Black Power : la poésie d'une lutte, présenté jusqu'au 31 mars.
« Je souhaitais utiliser le cinéma comme moyen de montrer la beauté et la poésie qui émergent des situations les plus difficiles. »
