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COLETTE AND JUSTIN
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September 28, 2023 | 18 H 30
As part of Montreal International Black Film Festival
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Born in Kinshasa and living in Paris, filmmaker Alain Kassanda embodies the classic immigrant dual identity: in the Democratic Republic of Congo he is seen as French, while in France he is seen as Congolese. Determined to understand the colonial legacy from which he comes, Kassanda convinces his grandparents, Colette and Justin, to sit for a series of interviews. COLETTE AND JUSTIN begins with one man’s search to understand himself and his roots. But ultimately it is an evocative, poetic and thoughtful meditation on the intersection of political and family history, and the multi-generational destructive reach of colonialism.
By Alain Kassanda
Documentary Feature
Canadian Premiere