Posts From the monthly archives: "December 2011"
Exploring dilemmas of culture and race, Sarah Bouyain’s debut feature tells dovetailing stories of African women living in France. Amy is a young biracial woman whose mother is from Burkina Faso. At the age of eight, she was “reclaimed” by her father and went to live with him in France. His death 20 or…(Read More)
The Story of Lover’s Rock UK 2011, 96 min Director: Menelik Shabazz This is first and foremost a film about Black Social Dance. The US parallel would be the “slow-dance,” the “Bop,” “Sunset Bop.” Under dark blue or red lights in a crowded room young men and women came together to experience the…(Read More)