Diaspora Shorts: 4 kortfilms

La Mazda Jaune et Sa Sainteté, 2018, Belgium, 10 min.

Sandra Heremans

Spoken: French. Subtitles: English.

(The Yellow Mazda and His Holiness) A conceptual experiment on what it means to start a film with a black image, develops into a subtle personal essay about the filmmaker. The story of a missionary falling in love with a Rwandese girl, blends with what images and colonial history mean to their daughter.

Het leven van Esteban, 2017, Belgium, 15 min.

Inès Eshun

Cast: Noah Mavuela, Mathis Mavuela, Joshua Tassin, Zion Kiala, Tine Cartuyvels, Goua Grovogui, ...

Spoken: Dutch. Subtitles: English.

Esteban grows up with his single mother and doesn't know who his father is. In search of his identity, he discovers that swimming is a metaphor for life itself. The remarkable life story of a young man who is destined to become an Olympic swimmer. (Master Film for RITCS, Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema & Sound.)

A Child Like Innocence, 2017, Belgium, 17 min.

Eloi Nsanzabandi (Belgian Renaissance)

Spoken: English. Subtitles: French/Dutch.

A visual poem centered around the themes of Black love, pain and forgiveness. Through the lens of Innocent, a young Black male, a story of redemption unfolds between his brother, his girlfriend and himself.

The Tale of Four, 2016, USA, 23 min.

Gabourey Sidibe

Cast: Brett Gray, Jacob Berger, Daniel G. Cunningham, ...

Spoken: English.

A multi-layered story inspired by Nina Simone's Four Women. It spans one day in the lives of four women connected by their quest for love, agency and redemption.