Regards Noirs
Regards Noirs
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Literature + cinema

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📔 LITERATURE + CINEMA / LITTÉRATURE + CINÉMA 🎞

This screening of Fucked Like A Star (2018, 8 minutes) directed by Stefani Saintonge is open to all. 

Doors open at 12 p.m. for ticket scanning, food (vegan food by Lakou Kaii by chef Gytana), drinks and merch (tote bags for 15$ and stickers for 1$ - cash or virtual payment via PayPal). The screening starts at 12:30 p.m. and ends at 2 p.m.

Fucked Like A Star is a poetic meditation on women's work and the dream life of ants, set to the words of Toni Morrison. 

Stefani Saintonge is a Haitian-American filmmaker, educator and editor who won the juried and audience award at BlackStar Film Festival for her short film, FUCKED LIKE A STAR. Her work has screened internationally including at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Hammer Museum and the Smithsonian African American Museum. As an editor, she's worked with acclaimed filmmakers and artists including Julie Dash, Simone Leigh, Deana Lawson, Bradford Young and Jason Moran. Her edited works have screened at Sundance Film Festival, Berlinale, Tribeca Film Festival, Guggenheim Museum and PBS. As a member of NEW NEGRESS FILM SOCIETY, she co-created their annual Black Women's Film Conference. She received support from SFFILM, Jerome Foundation and Bronx Arts Council, participated in New York Film Festival's Artist Academy, and served as an artist in residence with Haiti Cultural Exchange.

INFO

The film is in English. We will have a 2 copies of the book Tar Baby in English to give away. The screening is followed by a collective discussion alongside Khady and Leïka in French and in English.

COVID: We strongly advise to test negative before attending our events and to stay home if you present any symptoms. We will have N95 masks if needed. 

💌 Some profits from the festival are going to Care For Gaza and Sudan Solidarity Collective.

We are not selling tickets at the door. Contact us at festivalregardsnoirs@gmail.com for any questions. See you soon! :)

General admission
$10

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