Bantú Mama

Directed & produced by Ivan Herrera

Written & produced by Clarisse Albrecht and Ivan Herrera

2021 | 77 min | Dominican Republic

With Clarisse Albrecht, Scarlet Reyes, Euris Javiel, Arturo Perez

After Emma (Clarisse Albrecht), a French woman of African descent, travels from France to the Dominican Republic, she gets arrested for drug trafficking, but escapes custody and finds refuge with three minors in the most dangerous district of Santo Domingo.  Becoming both their protégée and maternal figure, Emma’s destiny decisively changes in what Sight & Sound calls “a thoughtful meditation on the diasporic connection between Africa and the Caribbean.” 

preceded by

PARIS IS HERE (Ici C'est Paris)

Directed by Quentin Chantrel and Léa Magnien

2020  | 17 min  |  French Guiana

French with English subtitles

The peaceful life of Georges, an introverted French Guyanese teenager, gets complicated when he falls in love with Gisele, a dreamy girl who hopes to see Paris more than anything.

The Caribbean Film Series is an ongoing program of Third Horizon, The Luminal Theater, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. 

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