Clementina
Clementina (Ana Rieper, 2018, Brazil, 75 min.) – African Diaspora Music Films “A glance over the trajectory of the samba singer Clementina de Jesus (1901-1987). Revealed late, at the age 63,…
Soy Tambor
Soy Tambor (Mónica Simoncini, Cecilia Ruíz, & Santiago Masip, Argentina/Uruguay, 2015, 80 min.) – African Diaspora Music Films “The film that records the Afro-Uruguayan immigration of the last decades in Buenos…
Dreams of Chonta
Dreams of Chonta (Monica Cohen, 2019, US, 88 min.) – African Diaspora Music Films “Dreams of Chonta is the story of Diego Obregon, an Afro-Colombian undocumented immigrant willing to sacrifice everything…
Paper Mulberry Days: Life in the Mountains of Shikoku
Paper Mulberry Days: Life in the Mountains of Shikoku(Tomoki Imai, 2021, Japan, 73 min.) Q&A with director Tomoki Imai after the screening “We filmed this documentary in Kochi Prefecture, on…
Africa Mia
Africa Mia (Richard Minier & Edouard Salier, 2020, France/Cuba/Mali, 80 min.) – African Diaspora Music Films “Africa Mia is a journey in search of the soul of Afro-Cuban music. From the communist friendships of…
Une histoire d’armour et de désir
Une histoire d’amour et de désir [A Story of Love and Desire] (Leyla Bouzid, 2021, Tunisia/France, 102 min.) “Ahmed, 18, French of Algerian origin, grew up in the suburbs of…
More Than A Word
More Than A Word (John & Kenn Little, 2017, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, 70 min.) Q&A with director John Little after the screening, hosted by visiting American Studies faculty Dr.…
Trenque Lauquen
Trenque Lauquen (Laura Citarella, 2022, Argentina/Germany, 240 min. total [120 min. each part]) – Q&A with director Laura Citarella and actor Ezequiel Pierri after the Tuesday evening screening “In her…
Memoria
Memoria (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2021, Colombia/Thailand/France/Germany/Mexico/Qatar/UK/China/US/Switzerland, 136 min.) Q&A with director Apichatpong Weerasethakul after the screening “Ever since being startled by a loud ‘bang’ at daybreak, Jessica (Tilda Swinton) is unable…
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010, Thailand, 114 min.) – winner of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or “Suffering from acute kidney failure, Boonmee…
