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The Poetry of the Little Things: Towards a Caribbean Avant-garde Cinema

The Poetry of the Little Things: Towards a Caribbean Avant-garde Cinema

62m 35s

The Caribbean has traditionally been dominated by Hollywood, and the kinds of films made by the region’s filmmakers often tends to reflect that dominance. Might there be room for other, more experimental approaches to filmmaking?

DOK Leipzig in collaboration with POC2, Programmers of Colour Collective.

Brown Lives to the Fore – Lack of Representation of Brown LGBTQ+ Stories

Brown Lives to the Fore – Lack of Representation of Brown LGBTQ+ Stories

56m 11s

In the larger mainstream cinematic space, or even film festival space, there is an acute shortage of both narrative and documentary films made and exhibited with brown LGBTQ+ stories at its center.

Curated and moderated by Sridhar Rangayan, a conversation with Sonal Giani, Kalki Subramaniam and Arshad Wasi Khan.

DOK Leipzig in collaboration with POC2, Programmers of Colour Collective.

Preserving History During Times of Conflict

Preserving History During Times of Conflict

71m 26s

During this conversation, the creator and host of the What’s Up with Docs Podcast and archival researcher Toni Bell will speak with artist, writer, filmmaker, and teacher Mariam Ghani about her latest project “What We Left Unfinished” which is executive produced by Alysa Nahamis.

DOK Leipzig in collaboration with The What’s Up With Docs Podcast.

Jihan & Toni Talk Archives

Jihan & Toni Talk Archives

64m 8s

Filmmaker and archivist Jihan El Tahri and creator, host of The What’s Up with Docs podcast and archival researcher Toni Bell talk about the manifesto “Liberate the Image” which was a call to action to make archives more accessible to content creators living in the Global South.

Stepping into New Streams

Stepping into New Streams

61m 29s

Reflecting on current calls to decolonise documentary film practices and to expand filmic canons, filmmaker Rosine Mbakam and festival founder and director Mahen Bonetti discuss the particulars of community-oriented production and exhibition practices with independent programmer Abby Sun.

Africa is a Continent Goddammit

Africa is a Continent Goddammit

67m 21s

In this podcast episode, Chioma Onyenwe and Theresa Hill tell us about some of their favourite African documentaries made by African filmmakers.

Who is Missing From the Coming-of-Age Narrative

Who is Missing From the Coming-of-Age Narrative

76m 56s

Let’s start by having an honest conversation about whiteness and the role arts administrators play on the self-perception of Black kids through the media culture we curate.

Female Gazes: Euzhan Palcy x Alice Diop

Female Gazes: Euzhan Palcy x Alice Diop

68m 7s

From the Oscars to the Césars, the needle of French cinema has been brought forward by a series of public debates on gender parity, inclusion and the representation of Black and other marginalised groups onscreen. In the 33 years which span the awards handed down to both Black French women filmmakers, has their filmmaking gaze changed?

Afro-Indigenous: Allyship & Solidarity Onscreen

Afro-Indigenous: Allyship & Solidarity Onscreen

93m 59s

This conversation explores the many ways in which alliances, solidarities and joint platforms are being formed in Latin America between Indigenous-led film organizations and those led by Afro-descended peoples.