MEG X FILMAR en América Latina : Negra

Decolonisation, gender and sustainability: a film cycle that addresses three important and current societal issues. Auditorium. Sunday 20 November 2022, from 4 to 6 pm.

The MEG's Ciné-dimanches are back for a season based on three essential and current notions: decolonisation, gender and sustainability.

Documentary, fiction and animation films dealing with these themes will be screened free of charge in the Museum's Auditorium on several Sundays per month.

As part of the Filmar en América Latina festival, which runs from 18 to 27 November, the film Negra by Medhin Tewolde is being screened at the MEG.

"I was seven years old when for the first time someone in the street called me negra. At first I looked around to see who they were talking to, but then I realised it was me. That day I learned that I was black. Negra draws five portraits of Afro-descendant Mexican women. They testify about racism, resistance and acceptance, but also reveal their steps to overcome prejudice and celebrate their identity.

Director:
Medhin Tewolde Serrano, director, Mexico After training in film, Medhin Tewolde practiced the process of participatory filmmaking in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala. These experiences revealed her own identity construction as an Afro-descendant woman, which inspired her film Negra.

Trailer here.

Film in spanish, subtitles in french.