| ABOUT THE FILM:In Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words (“Le masque des mots”), director Sarah Maldoror depicts a foundational figure of the Négritude movement against the backdrop of 1987 Miami. Maldoror makes the city of Miami a protagonist in her homage to the Martinican poet Aimé Césaire, as her footage shuttles from FIU to the Everglades to the recently-opened Metrorail. Through her juxtaposition of Martinique and Miami, Maldoror raises important questions about the endurance of colonial legacies in both locations. And by linking Black Miami to Aimé Césaire’s poetry and politics, the film makes an urgent case for a Pan-Caribbean coalition of all those “without whom the earth would not be the earth.”
ABOUT THE CONVERSATION:
The post-film conversation will explore storytelling, surrealism, Négritude, Black Miami history, and filmmaking with Donette Francis (she/her), director for the Center for Global Black Studies at the University of Miami, Marina Magloire (she/her), a Martinican-American scholar and an Assistant Professor of English at University of Miami, Helen Peña (they/them), Dominican-American child of the Atlantic, filmmaker, and community organizer from Miami, FL, and Monica Sorelle (she/they), a Haitian-American filmmaker and artist born and based in Miami.
This event includes a reception by Paradis Books and Bread with music by Akia Dorsainvil, aka DJ Pressure Point (he/they). Set list to feature zouk and kompa.
Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words
1987, Martinique / U.S., 46 min, Dir. Sarah Maldoror, Not Rated, The Association Sarah Maldoror and Mario de Andrade
Tickets are $11.75 and under
$8 for cinema members
FREE for UM students with valid ID*
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Click here to read more about the guest speakers.
Click here to read Dr. Terri Francis’ essay Encountering Miami Négritude with Filmmaker Sarah Maldoror (July 19, 1929 − April 13, 2020).
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