"Noirs en France" Screening & Q&A with Alain Mabanckou

Alliance Française Miami Metro invite you to a screening of the documentary “Noirs en France” (Black in France) directed by Aurélia Perreau and narrated by novelist and academic Alain Mabanckou. This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Alain Mabanckou. 

LOCATION: "Little Haïti Cultural Complex"

ABOUT THE MOVIE

Noirs en France, directed by Aurélia Perreau and Alain Mabanckou, 2022, Movie in French with English subtitles.

Official Synopsis:

"Qu’y a-t-il de commun entre les Noirs français ? Pas grand-chose, hormis leur couleur de peau et le racisme dont ils sont victimes. Pour la première fois, le film « Noirs en France » donne la parole aux Français noirs de tous âges et de tous horizons, connus ou inconnus du grand public. Raconté par l'écrivain Alain Mabanckou, ce documentaire retrace leurs histoires faites de préjugés et de stéréotypes, mais traversées aussi d’espoir et de fierté. Ces noirs en France construisent une histoire en constante transformation. "

"What do French Black people have in common? Not much, except for their skin color and the racism they face. For the first time, the film “Noirs en France” (Black in France) gives a voice to Black French people of all ages and backgrounds, known or unknown to the general public. Narrated by the writer Alain Mabanckou, this documentary tells their stories filled with prejudice and stereotypes, but also marked by hope and pride. "

With the participation of Yannick Noah, Maïly, Maboula Soumahoro, Soprano, Ibrahima Bouillaud, Jean-Pascal Zadi, Pap Ndiaye, Kathy Laurent Pourcel, Karine Baste, Didier Vieillot, Laetitia Helouet …

Trailer in French:

ABOUT ALAIN MABANCKOU

Alain Mabanckou was born in Congo in 1966. An award-winning novelist, Man International Booker Prize finalist, poet, and essayist, Mabanckou lives in Los Angeles, where he teaches literature at UCLA. He is the author of ‘’African Psycho’’, ‘’Broken Glass’’, ‘’Black Bazaar’’, and ‘’Tomorrow I’ll Be Twenty’’, as well as ‘’The Lights of Pointe-Noire’’and ‘’Black Moses’’. Among his many honors are the Académie Française Grand Prix de littérature, awarded in recognition of his entire literary career, and the 2016 French Voices Award for The Lights of Pointe-Noire, which was described by Salman Rushdie as “a beautiful book.” Mabanckou is a Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur, was a finalist for the 2015 and 2017 Man Booker International Prize, and has been featured on Vanity Fair’s list of France’s 50 most influential people. In September, Alain Mabanckou published “Lettres à un jeune romancier sénégalais” (Letters to a young Senegalese novelist) – Editions Le Robert, as well as “Notre France Noire” (Our Black France) in collaboration with Pascal Blanchard and Abdourhaman Waberi ( Editions Fayard).