Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes 2024, ‘All we imagine as light’ is a luminous debut fiction feature by Payal Kapadia that captures the quiet resilience of women navigating life in contemporary Mumbai.
A raw vision of love in a hostile Caribbean city, ‘Bionico’s Bachata’ follows a hopeless romantic, addicted to crack, who must take control of his life if he wants to marry the woman he loves.
On December 31st, 1999, the United States officially returned the control of the canal to Panama, honoring the Torrijos-Carter Treaties. Behind the historic signing lay a complex web of international diplomacy and intrigue, steered by General Omar Torrijos.
‘Olivia and the clouds’ is a surreal exploration of love's complexities.
‘Possible landscapes’ is a poignant exploration of intergenerational experiences of Caribbean environments, filmed across two seasons in Trinidad and Tobago.
All families keep secrets, says director Nayibe Tavares-Abel. Hers are intimately intertwined with the democratic history of the Dominican Republic.
In this Venice Film Festival-winning feast of magical realist comedy, aging Ghanaian, Atta Oko, sets his sights on finally having his own boat and becoming the envy of his village.
‘The Disappearance of Miss Scott’ is an intimate and urgent reclamation of the life and legacy of Hazel Scott – Trinidadian born, virtuoso pianist, Hollywood trailblazer, civil rights crusader, and the first Black person to host a nationally syndicated television show.
In 1953, colonized Algeria, Fanon, a young black psychiatrist, was appointed head doctor at the Blida-Joinville Hospital.
After being elected to power in 1957, François Duvalier declared himself Haiti’s President for life in 1964, inaugurating one of the most bloodthirsty dictatorships of the 20th century – maintained through violent repression and brutal obscurantism.
How do you raise a child when your own mother abandoned you?
Forty years ago, scholar Philomena Essed sparked fierce public debate with her groundbreaking book, Everyday Racism.