Black History Month Screening - Le Mythe de la Femme Noire
Join us for a special screening closing our celebration of Black History Month! The Alliance Française Mpls/St Paul will present a documentary from Québec, directed by Canadian actress and director Ayana O’Shun. Stay afterwards to discuss the movie with Abdel Hamouchi, our instructor passionated by cinema!
"The Myth of the Black Woman" is a feature-length documentary that investigates the images of Black women in Western societies, from the hypersexual Jezebel to the lovable Nurse to the sassy «Bitch ». The film works to break down The Myth by featuring a diverse group of women and a wealth of realities rarely seen on screen and supported by engrossing archival footage from the 1800s to the present day.’’ In French with English subtitles.
Ticket $5 - Registration required.
About the director
Ayana O'Shun is a director, screenwriter and producer. She speaks four languages. Her films have been selected in more than 60 national and international festivals, and have won many awards, including the Dikola Award for "Best Documentary Film" at the Cannes PanAfrican International Film Festival, and the "Best Foreign Film" award at the Festival Écrans Noirs in Yaoundé, sponsored by SODEC and TV5 Monde. In 2022, her first feature-length documentary, The Myth of the Black Woman, won the Magnus Isaacson Award for best film at the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM). In 2023, the film was released in Quebec theatres and stayed on the big screen for 2 months. It was in the top 20 of the box-office for five weeks, among many American hits.
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