Pre-Opening Event
U.S. Embassy
A Homage to Jenny Alpha (In the presence of the Actress)
Noirs, l'identité au coeur de la question noire d'Arnaud Ngatcha (English Subtitles)
(Introductory remarks by filmmaker)
By Invitation Only
Friday, May 21st, 2010 2:30 PM
Forum des Images
Opening Event
Filmmaker Euzhan Palcy and Director of the Forum des Images, Jean-Yves de Lepinay, will offer opening remarks for the France noire/Black France Festival.
Screenings
Siméon
By Euzhan Palcy (Introductory remarks by filmmaker)
Martinique-France / musical fiction 1993 color 115 min [Director's choice]
Friday, May
21, 2:30 PM Room 300
La Noire de…
By Ousmane Sembène
France / 1966 fiction black and white 59 min
&
La Noiraude
By Fabienne et Véronique Kanor (Introductory remarks by filmmaker)
France/ 2004 comedy/fiction color 30 min
Friday, May 21, 4:30 PM Room 500
Film Montage,followed by
Roundtable: The State of Black Cinema and Actors in France
Friday, May 21st, 7 PM Room 300
Discussants: Eriq Ebouaney, Lucien Jean-Baptiste, Pascal Légitimus, Doudou Masta, Yasmine Modestine, Euzhan Palcy, Luc Saint-Eloy, and invited : Isaach de Bankolé, Calixthe Beyala, Alex Descas, Aïssa Maïga
Moderators: Betty Sulty Johnson (co-founder, "Images of Black Women Film Festival"-London) and Dieudonné Gnammankou (historian, editor)
The Paris Premiere
By Dante James (Introductory remarks by filmmaker)
USA/2009 documentary color 90 min
with film commentators Brent Edwards, Professor of English, Columbia University
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, Distinguished Professor of French and African American and Diaspora Studies, Vanderbilt University and Festival Co-Organizer
Friday, May 21, 9 PM Room 500
Cocktail Reception by Invitation Only
Saturday, May 22nd
Rouch in Reverse
By Manthia Diawara (Introductory remarks by filmmaker)
52 minutes
Saturday, May 22, 2:30PM Room 100
&
Profit et rien d'autre (Le)
Saturday, May 22, 3:30 PM Room 100
S’en fout la mort
By Claire Denis (Invited)
France / fiction 1990 color 90 min
Saturday, May 22, 5 PM Room 300
Hip Hop Montage and Roundtable Debate: Fear of A Black Planet?
Integrating the film Je rap donc je suis (25 minutes)
By Philippe Roizès, Retour aux sources (12 mins, 2010) by by Ibrahim Koudié, and video clips by Chris Macari
Accompanied by photographs by ToMA (project: "IDENTITY")
Moderators: Fatou Biramah (writer, journalist) and Maboula Soumahoro (co-organizer of Black France festival and professor)
France /1999 color
Saturday, May 22, 7 PM Room 300
Aliker
By Guy Deslariers (Introductory remarks by filmmaker)
Martinique / fiction 2009 color 110 min
Saturday, May 22, 9:00 PM Room 300
Sunday, May 23rd
L'Afrance
By Alain Gomis (Invited to present Introduction remarks)
France / fiction 2001 color 90 minutes
Sunday, May 23, 2:30 PM Room 300
Paris des négritudes
By Jean Schmidt
France / documentary 1970 black and white 28min
&
Lumières noires
By Bob Swaim (Introductory remarks by filmmaker)
France / documentary 2006 color 52 minutes
Discussants: Bob Swaim, Mamadou Diouf, historian, Columbia University, Sebatian Danchin, historian and producer, and Paulin Joachim, poet and journalist
Moderator: Trica Danielle Keaton, Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies, Vanderbilt University, and Festival Co-Organizer
Sunday, May 23, 4:30 PM Room 300
CINEMA-CONCERT
Scott Paulson and his orchestra (percussions, piano, saxophone), accompanied by Professor Bennetta Jules-Rosette (Sociologist, University of California, San Diego)
La Sirène des Tropiques
By Henri Etiévant et Mario Nalpas
France / 1927, black and white, silent with musical animation, 70 min
Legendary Joséphine Baker made her feature film debut in this 1927 film directed by Henri Etiévant and Mario Nalpas. The film is a rags to riches tale about a young free-spirited Antillian woman who falls in love with an explorer, and follows him to Paris. An original musical score composed by Scott Paulson supplements the film. Professor Bennetta Jules-Rosette, an expert on Joséphine Baker, will introduce the film.
Sunday, May 23, 7 PM Room 500
Presentation of Film Prizes
Screening of winning feature-length film
Sunday, May 23rd, 9 PM Room 300
Cocktail Reception by Invitation Only