COMME UN ARBRE + LES SOEURS NARDAL, LES OUBLIÉES DE LA NÉGRITUDE

LES SŒURS NARDAL, LES OUBLIÉES DE LA NÉGRITUDE
Césaire, Senghor, and Damas are well known as the fathers of Negritude. But could the Negritude movement have come to pass without the Nardal sisters? These fathers of the movement spoke little of the influence of Paulette, Jeanne, and Andrée Nardal, though in the 1920s, these sisters from Martinique were key figures of the Black intelligentsia in Paris who theorized “Black consciousness” and its awakening,

By Marie-Christine Gambart
Mid Length - Documentary
Canadian Premiere

COMME UN ARBRE
The documentary "Comme un arbre" takes you on a realistic and contemplative journey to Madagascar in this poetic portrait of the island. This journey is also a crazy feat taken up by two youths from Switzerland. As they give the Malagasy an opportunity to tell their fascinating stories, they open a door to understanding the challenges surrounding Madagascar’s colonial past.

By Flavio Sanchez Moreno
Mid Length - Documentary
International Premiere