The history of Black slavery covers more than 15 centuries: 1500 years of subjection, oppression and violence, but also of resistance and passion, which will be the subject of various commemorations in 2018. By celebrating the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888 or the liberation of slaves in British territories in 1838, the world will remember a story that concerns four continents and millions of men, women and children.
Even though the scars of this fateful period are very much present today, the stories that we tell of slavery are often incomplete or simplistic. Because the wounds haven’t yet healed, because slavery has direct consequences on the inequalities that torment our society, the four volumes of the series Slave Routes are necessary films. This approach is innovative. To our knowledge, no documentary or series has recounted the totality of Black slavery. The stakes are ambitious but imperative: to provide an objective, historical but also sensitive look at 12 centuries of a little-known story.
The Series Producer, Fanny Glissant will be present at the screening.
When: Monday, 04.06.2018, 17:30 for 18:00
Where: AFDA Johannesburg, 41 Frost Avenue, 2092 Auckland Park
This Screening is a Screen Studies Interest Group Event in cooperation with AFDA and INSTITUT FRANÇAIS.