New Negress Film Society invites you to its inaugural Collective Conversations Series. This virtual conversation series features scholars and filmmakers amplifying communal forms of filmmaking while centering the political act of collectivity. On Thursday, January 20th at 6:00PM EST, the series continues with Wally Fall and Severine Catelion, two members of the Cinemawon film collective.
Clips from two films by Wally Fall will loop outside, in our storefront, starting Monday, January 17, Ceew Mi, The Horizon Belongs to No One and Fouyé Zétwal (Plowing the Stars).
About the films:
Ceew Mi, The Horizon Belongs to No One
Wally Fall, 2015, 73 min, Martinique/Senegal
In February 2012, the director follows his dad who came to vote in Senegal amidst electoral tensions. This journey is also an opportunity to question his cross cultural descent between here and Martinique, his mother's Caribbean island where he grew up with both his parents.
Fouyé Zétwal (Plowing the Stars)
Wally Fall, 2020, 14 min, Guadeloupe
On her way to meet her dad, a woman reflects on her life. Along the way, the country looks empty to her and, slowly, memories of past lives are coming back to her. Is it real? Or is it only a dream?
Cinemawon is a concept of alternative distribution which aims to discover a cinema not very present on their screens, a cinema resulting from sometimes distant territories but which History and cultures bring together: the Afro-descendant cinema. They aim to raise awareness and unite around Afro-descendant cinema, diversify distribution spaces to show films to as many people as possible, and create spaces for exchange between professionals and the public as well as between professionals. Learn more at http://cinemawon.net
New Negress Film Society is a collective of Black women and non-binary filmmakers who create community, spaces, and films that reimagine cultural productions that have traditionally exploited our communities. The work we create, the programming we offer, and the conversations we facilitate are all rooted in a legacy of collective artmaking, institution-building, and consciousness-raising grounded in the personal and political realities of Black people.
