Season In The Congo
HDV | 1 min 28 sec | 2013
Aimé Césaire’s A Season in the Congo is a profoundly poetic tragedy that chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the newly Independent Republic of Congo in 1960. The classical theatrical work is slated to reopen February of 2017 at the Gene Frankel Theatre(GFT) in New York.
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Rediscovering Fanon
Re-Discovering Fanon is a new feature documentary that reveals pivotal elements of the life of Frantz Fanon as it examines the relevance of his ideas in a globalized “post-racial” millennium. More than 50 years ago, Fanon analyzed the “alienating disconnect” between the races that he hoped to destroy. The film posits that Fanon’s oeuvre provides a framework for negotiating race relations that is timeless. Ultimately, Re-Discovering Fanon will make evident Fanon’s unrelenting hatred of racism and his uncompromising determination to set forth a dialectic of liberation to bring about a new humanity.
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Where Are They Now?
A compelling feature-length documentary about black twentysomethings in the United States and South Africa. This sequel revisits the sixteen remarkable and representative young people from New York and Soweto, first introduced during South Africa’s historic transition from apartheid to democracy in the award-winning Who’s Gonna Take The Weight? Adding the dimension of time, the sequel deepens the convergent discourse between Black South African youth and their U.S. counterparts.
Who’s Gonna Take The Weight?
Who’s Gonna Take The Weight? is an “in your face” portrayal of African American and black south African youth focusing on similarities and contrasts in their lives and how the two groups assess issues of future leadership personal values and cultural identify. Shot on location in New York and Soweto this doc which is both uncompromising and striking gives visceral expression to the aspirations frustration and insights of these young people as they negotiate their places in their changing societies.