Negro Hair Petting Zoo
Explores the exoticism of black hair. Once my classmate said my hair was like lamb's wool. The film has screened in several festivals and is included in Un:Read Press's installation at BRIC in Brooklyn.
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Explores the exoticism of black hair. Once my classmate said my hair was like lamb's wool. The film has screened in several festivals and is included in Un:Read Press's installation at BRIC in Brooklyn.
Pedro (played by a white actor in blackface), a son of a former slave, leaves Cuba (where he was being mistreated for being black) to seek his fortune in Paris. While working as a bellboy at a dance club, his dancing pro
Carlos "El Negro" Moreno is a documentary film that chronicles the life of the labor lawyer from Olavarría who was kidnapped and murdered in Tandil by the last military dictatorship. After 35 years of darkness, justice h
As a teenager, Andre Robert Lee's full scholarship to attend a prestigious Philadelphia prep school was supposed to be his way up and out out of the ghetto, but this elite education came at a high personal cost. Join him
Detective Douglas seeks to solve the crime of a former co-worker. Only the help of El Gaucho will be able to protect him against the plan that is coming.
A short film by Iván Zulueta.
Alejandro Maly delves into the life of the Argentinean ventriloquist Chasman and his famous alter ego Chirolita. From the remembered duo, this documentary explores the relationship between ventriloquists and their dolls.
A portrait of the African American community of Durham, North Carolina, including the Hayti business district later destroyed by urban renewal.
Discussing the trope Magical Negro and the effect of performative representation.
“These views were taken in a village of Aschantis which was set up in Lyon at the time of the Exhibition. All these views are very interesting; their titles are sufficiently explanatory.” Children laugh and run around to
The waters of the Atlantic brought the slaves from Africa to Brazil, their bodies in chains but their souls inexorably tied to mother Africa. This Brazilian- made film takes us to both shores, to show how spiritual life,
“These views were taken in a village of Aschantis which was set up in Lyon at the time of the Exhibition. All these views are very interesting; their titles are sufficiently explanatory.” In front of a group of people, c
"In the beginning, my first documentary was meant to be a portrait of the president of the carnival club in my home village. During the filming, it went clear very fast, that my protagonist was wearing a mask not only at