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In the five films in History Is Written at Night, historical narratives of the marginalized are rescued from often oppressive, and amnesia-inducing hegemonic systems of rule, from Cuba to Brasil, Mauritius to the Dominican Republic.
Under the Sky of Fetishes responds to the complexity of colonial archives. It reinvents the specters of a haunting gaze to tell the story of Mauritian sega—a cultural practice born during colonization and slavery, now mainly seen in tourism. How do we project, literally bring out of ourselves, the narrative of the oppressor? Mixing fiction and ethnography, the film sanctifies the power of the projection as a mental as well as intimate enigma to release ghostly and alienated bodies, including our own.
- Year2023
- Runtime13 minutes
- LanguageNo Dialogue
- CountryMauritius, France
- GenreExperimental
- DirectorCaroline Déodat
In the five films in History Is Written at Night, historical narratives of the marginalized are rescued from often oppressive, and amnesia-inducing hegemonic systems of rule, from Cuba to Brasil, Mauritius to the Dominican Republic.
Under the Sky of Fetishes responds to the complexity of colonial archives. It reinvents the specters of a haunting gaze to tell the story of Mauritian sega—a cultural practice born during colonization and slavery, now mainly seen in tourism. How do we project, literally bring out of ourselves, the narrative of the oppressor? Mixing fiction and ethnography, the film sanctifies the power of the projection as a mental as well as intimate enigma to release ghostly and alienated bodies, including our own.
- Year2023
- Runtime13 minutes
- LanguageNo Dialogue
- CountryMauritius, France
- GenreExperimental
- DirectorCaroline Déodat