Blackness

Zondag 1 mei, 14u00 – 18u00, M Leuven

BLACKNESS

Dayticket for 5€, valid for all screenings on May 1 in Museum M!

 

14u00

My name is Maalum, 2021, Brazlië, 8 min.

Luisa Copetti

Spoken: French. Subtitles: English.

When Maalum, a black Brazilian girl, starts going to school, everyone laughs at her name. She doesn't understand why and with the help of her family, Maalum will discover the meaning of her name. Her sadness turns into pride through her ancestry.

 

Pacífico Oscuro, 2020, Columbia, 11 min.

Camila Beltrán

Spoken: Spanish. Subtitles: English.

Many years ago, in the Colombian Pacific, women made a pact with hidden forces to learn to sing. But over time, everything we learned from our ancestors has been forgotten. And since then, something has been missing.

 

Negrinha, 2021, Brazilië, 3 min.

Danila Ribeiro

Spoken: Portugese. Subtitles: English

Helena lives in the favela in Rio de Janiero. She loves reading books and inspires all her friends to read. Untill, one day, she decides to write her own story.

 

14u40

Unsaid, 2021, VS, 18 min.

Ayodeji Otuyelu

Cast: Ayodeji Otuyelu, Ashleigh McGregor, Ejembi Adakole, Kone Sendou, Alem John, Paulin Essayiyas...

Spoken: English

The filmmaker Ayodeji Otuyelu makes a visual adaptation of his own poems, published under the title Words In My Head. In his poems, Otuyelu explores the emotions surrounding gender, sexual orientation, blackness, feminism and other themes.

 

Brown Skinned Girl, 2019, Zuid-Afrika, 13 min.

Mona-Lisa Msime

Cast: Siyamthanda Veliti

Spoken: English. Subtitles: English

In a society where dark skinned girls are not considered as beautiful, a South African girl struggles to see beauty in her reflection until she holds her own "Brown Skinned Girl AA Meetings", and reintroduces herself to herself.

 

15u30

Feisty Fighter- The Marnesba Tackett Story, 2021, VS, 41 min.

Lillian Glass

Spoken: English

Marnesba Tackett is an unsung hero in the Civil Rights Movement and NAAP member for over 90 years. Her challenges were not only being light-skinned, who refused to pass as "white," but as a woman trying to burst through barriers in a male-dominated world. Thus, she fought against both racial and gender inequality in all she did. Responsible for bringing Martin Luther King to Los Angeles to share his message "we want to be free" with 30,000 people, this close friend of Rosa Parks fought for equality in the Insurance industry, for equal housing practices, and was instrumental in desegregating and integrating schools for all children. Referred to as a relentless "feisty fighter," her lifelong activism combined with her strong self-esteem in being a proud Black woman helped pave the way towards equal rights.

16u45

Zij is licht, zij is mooi, 2021, België, 9 min.

Lize Cuveele

Cast: Anatalia Kibonge, Awa Gaye, Kine Gaye, Olivia Elisabeth Masamba Nzinga, Sarah Diagne

Spoken: Dutch

Young black women speak openly about their insecurities and struggles surrounding their looks within the prevailing western beauty standards. While doing their make-up and each others hair they discuss the racism that is prevalent in our society and is portrayed in this very standards of beauty.

 

The adventures of a black traveler, 2021, Frankrijk, 40 min.

Ferl Ngningone

Spoken: English. Subtitles: English

The feedback of a young black man after traveling the world: 4 continents , more than 65 countries more than 100 cities. He talks about how that experience has changed his life, what he has learnt about the nature of the people, including all the positives and negatives stereotypes about being a black traveler.