Screening followed by Q&A with award-winning French film director Aïssa Maïga, moderated by Stéphanie Boulard and Megan Carver. Event is open to the public, and registration is mandatory.
Location: Georgia Tech Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, Room 152. 266 4th Street Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30313
Acclaimed French actress and award-winning director Aïssa Maïga speaks with actresses, actors and directors from France, Brazil and the United States about the limitations in the film industry when it comes to race. The documentary follows Aïssa Maïga on a road-trip from Paris to Los Angeles and São Paulo to explore the historical roots of systemic racism and the impact of discrimination and stereotypes in films and series on societies and their respective popular culture.
The film features interviews from the likes of Ryan Coogler, director of the feminist film Black Panther, the committed icon Adele Haenel, the game-changer Ava DuVernay, the Brazilian star Taís Araújo, and actresses Firmine Richard, Nadège Beausson-Diagne and Sonia Rolland, who each share their views on the representation of black women on screen.
Aïssa Maïga is a Senegal-born French actress, director, writer, and producer. Aïssa Maïga has worked with major auteurs like Michael Haneke, Abderrahmane Sissako and Michel Gondry, and recently starred in Chiwetel Ejiofor’s directorial debut. She has won or been nominated for a number of prestigious prizes, including a Best Newcomer César (French Oscar) nomination in 2007 for Bamako (The Court) (2006) and the Best Actress Prize in 2009 at the Bastia Film Festival for Black and White (2008) by Italian director Cristina Comencini.
This event is hosted by the Global Media Festival at Georgia Tech and cosponsored by The School of Modern Languages and SLS program at Georgia Institute of Technology, Villa Albertine, the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and Unifrance.
