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"Racial and social inequalities are inextricably linked to an international geopolitical order. The Black Condition is immediately linked to the position of Africa in the order of international exchange just as the coloniality of power is linked to the unfinished struggles for the emancipation of colonized peoples." A shorts program by Farah Clémentine Dramani-Issifou on transatlantic perspectives on political struggles in the 1960s–1970s in Guinea-Bissau, Morocco, the USA and France.

Community Partner — The Polygon Gallery

This is an online screening. If you want to get tickets for the theatre screening, click here .

Nossa Terra is an urgent film shot during the guerilla warfare surrounding Guinea-Bissau's struggle for independence in the mid-1960s. Filmmaker Mario Marret was the first director to work with PAIGC, a political party that fought for independence in Guinea and Cape Verde.

Year
1966
Runtime
35 minutes
Country
GUINEA-BISSAU

Director
Mario Marret

6 films in package

The Devil is a Condition

Set to a soundtrack of free jazz and poetry, the destinies of Puerto Rican and Black communities in '60s-'70s New York feel inextricably tied.

Nossa Terra is an urgent film shot during the guerilla warfare surrounding Guinea-Bissau's struggle for independence in the mid-1960s.

Wanted (هارب)

Filmmaker Ali Essafi uses archival footage to tell the story of Aziz, an activist dreaming of freedom and democracy during Morocco's Years of Lead.

In 1969, a group of Black women hospital workers in Charleston, South Carolina striked and were confronted by the state government and National Guard; Anderson's film is a crucial document in the struggle for labour rights.

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And The Dogs Were Quiet (Et les chiens se taisaient)

Adapted from a play by Aimé Césaire, And The Dogs Were Quiet focuses on the rebellion of a man against the enslavement of his people, filmed inside the Musée de l'Homme in Paris.

Mes voisins (My Neighbours)

One part of a larger documentary, Hondo's film explores the post-colonial realities in France through the lives of the largely African labouring diaspora.

Protected ContentThis content can only be viewed in authorized regions: Canada.

"Racial and social inequalities are inextricably linked to an international geopolitical order. The Black Condition is immediately linked to the position of Africa in the order of international exchange just as the coloniality of power is linked to the unfinished struggles for the emancipation of colonized peoples." A shorts program by Farah Clémentine Dramani-Issifou on transatlantic perspectives on political struggles in the 1960s–1970s in Guinea-Bissau, Morocco, the USA and France.

Community Partner — The Polygon Gallery

This is an online screening. If you want to get tickets for the theatre screening, click here .

Nossa Terra is an urgent film shot during the guerilla warfare surrounding Guinea-Bissau's struggle for independence in the mid-1960s. Filmmaker Mario Marret was the first director to work with PAIGC, a political party that fought for independence in Guinea and Cape Verde.

Year
1966
Runtime
35 minutes
Country
GUINEA-BISSAU

Director
Mario Marret