For nearly a century, many African Americans travelled to Paris to find their identity away from the American racism that sought to erase it.
Director Joanne Burke and associate producer Julia Browne explore the migration of pioneering African Americans to France, from dancer, singer and actress Josephine Baker and jazz musician Sidney Bechet to author and poet Richard Wright and cultural icon James Baldwin.
Weaving stories and themes from World War I and the Jazz Age of the 1920s up to the German occupation of WWII, Paris Noir offers thought-provoking storytelling that resonates in today’s social and political climate.
With an introduction by Black Paris curator Karen Alexander and followed by a Q&A with Julia Browne, Paris Noir co-producer and entrepreneur Eric Collins (Channel 4’s The Money Maker).
Director: Joanne Burke
2017 / 15 / USA / 100 mins / Primary language: English
This event is part of Cinema Rediscovered and Future City Film Festival. Future City Film Festival normally takes place biennially in the autumn but had to be postponed last year due to the pandemic. It will now run through 2022 as a series of special events with the support of the British Film Institute, awarding funds from National Lottery.
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