Film
Unmaking the Mask shorts program
- 7PM
Directed by Larry Achiampong, David Blandy
2015, 15min, 2015, 9min, 2017, 15min, New York premiere
An ambitious series which blends personal histories, pop culture and post-colonial theory to examine how we navigate the digital and physical worlds of the twenty-first century.
Directed by Arthur Jafa
1995, 26min
In this beautifully shot and visually inventive film, writers David Mura and Alex Pate share personal and provocative stories that range from reading Fanon to reading Meryl Streep's face.
Directed by Leah Gilliam
1992, 11min
An experimental investigation into the use of race as an arbitrary signifier, drawing upon language, personal memories and the 1959 text, "Black Like Me."
Directed by Ja’Tovia Gary
2017, 6min
This filmic collage, shot on location on Claude Monet's famed garden in Giverny, France, examines class, violence, and bodily integrity against the backdrop of the West's continued imperialist campaigns around the world and its historical and contemporary artistic canon.
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An unflinching, noir-tinged portrait of racial alienation from the singular Claire Denis.
A bracing view of Angola’s anti-colonialist struggle and a rousing call to revolution.
Lauryn Hill narrates this documentary chronicling anti-colonialist movements across Africa.