Artist Alexandra Bell on Panel at BAMCinematek Frantz Fanon-Inspired Film Series Kickoff
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- Oct 26, 2017
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Artist Alexandra Bell, on a panel with activist Kazembe Balagun and writer cultural critic grapples with her "problematic fave" Frantz Fanon. The panel, moderated by series programmer Ashley Clarke, followed a screening of the series first film; a biographical documentary about the life of the writer, philosopher, and pyschiatrist by Isaac Julien.
Afro-Caribbean political philosopher, psychiatrist, and revolutionary Frantz Fanon (1925–1961) was among the first writers to confront the corrosive psychological effects of racism. With the 50th anniversary of his landmark work Black Skin, White Masks, BAM Cinema looked back on his groundbreaking contributions to anti-colonialist thought, grappling with vital questions of race, identity, and power. Inspired by Fanon’s canon, the film series brought together stylish mainstream films like Deep Cover (Duke, 1992) and Caché (Haneke, 2005), with unabashedly revolutionary calls to arms with documentaries like Concerning Violence (Olsson, 2014), and The Hour of the Furnaces (Getino & Solanas, 1968). The series also includes: Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Masks (Julien, 1995), Chameleon Street (Harris, 1989), Black Girl (Sembene, 1966) + Statues Also Die (Resnais & Marker, 1953), The Battle of Algiers (Pontecorvo, 1966), Native Son (Chenal, 1951), Sambizanga (Maldoror, 1972), and the shorts program “Unmaking the Mask” featuring work by Arthur Jafa, Leah Gilliam, Ja’Tovia Gary, and The Finding Fanon Trilogy by Larry Achiampong and David Blandy.
Most of the films in the series are available online at Youtube, Amazon Video, and Filmstruck.
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