Employing a variety of cinematic forms and strategies, the five films in this programme engender lingering, often poetic diasporic dialogues—between here and there, then and now.
“Bisagras is a film exploring the enduring here and elsewhere of black consciousness. Finding a connection through the film's emulsion and my skin, Bisagras holds my experience as a person of Afro-Caribbean descent during a visit to the House of Slaves in Gorée Island, Senegal and the port of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. In these places I dare to imagine my ancestors' history of the journey of African slaves to America and draw a line that goes through me.” - Luis Arnías
- Year2024
- Runtime16 minutes
- LanguageNo Dialogue
- CountryBrasil, Senegal, United States
- DirectorLuis Arnías
Employing a variety of cinematic forms and strategies, the five films in this programme engender lingering, often poetic diasporic dialogues—between here and there, then and now.
“Bisagras is a film exploring the enduring here and elsewhere of black consciousness. Finding a connection through the film's emulsion and my skin, Bisagras holds my experience as a person of Afro-Caribbean descent during a visit to the House of Slaves in Gorée Island, Senegal and the port of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. In these places I dare to imagine my ancestors' history of the journey of African slaves to America and draw a line that goes through me.” - Luis Arnías
- Year2024
- Runtime16 minutes
- LanguageNo Dialogue
- CountryBrasil, Senegal, United States
- DirectorLuis Arnías