Paff Review – Christian Lara’s “1802: Freedom Now” Christian Lara’s “1802: Freedom Now” tells the story of the war between the black inhabitants of Guadeloupe (French West Indies) and Napoleon Bonaparte’s army. In the film, the French wanted to reestablish slavery for blacks. In turn, the blacks fought back. In the end of the film, the fate of each character was heroic, yet dreadful. During the Q&A portion of this film, an audience member told the Director that he was glad to learn about France’s black history. Mr. Lara responded with what I thought was the most touching, and significant response. By way of his...
- 2/18/2013
- by Masha Dowell
- ShadowAndAct
Last night was the Night of Tribute at the Pan African Film Fest, where the festival teamed up with the African American Film Critics Association to present a star-studded awards ceremony for both organizations at the Tayglan Complex in Hollywood. Actress Salli Richardson Whitfield and Paff founder Ayuko Babu presented awards to honorees including "Father of West Indian Cinema" Christian Lara (Pioneer Filmmaker Award), actress Nicole Beharie (Beah Richards Rising Star Award), Ambassador Filippe Savadogo (Visionary Award), and actor Omari Hardwick (Canada Lee Rising Star Award). Accepting the Beah Richards Award, Nicole Beharie reflected on being deeply affected 10 years...
- 2/9/2013
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
Good cinema has no language barrier and is understood by visuals itself throughout the world, said the Guade Loupe (in Carribean Islands) based filmmaker Christian Lara at the Iffi.Lara, who is also a journalist, said that the sole objective of cinema is to make people learn and understand the world around them in a better way. His film Heritage Perdu (Lost Heritage) was screened.Speaking at a press conference at Iffi-2010 Media Centre, Lara, who is making films in French, said that there is no film industry in his country and there is no ...
- 12/1/2010
- BusinessofCinema
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