For Black Audiences

When I saw this short film last June 2019 in London, it really had an impact on me. It is so simple and at the same time so sublime and powerful. And you will specially feel it if you are the child of an immigrant. The subtitle of the short film is “All immigrants are conquerors” but somehow, due to the constant abuses that migrants in the west have to live with daily, they forget their grandeur. The author decided to put her mother on a horse and give it back to her. Type “Entitled Adeyemi Michael” on #Youtube and you’ll find it. What did it make you feel?

MOONLIGHT****** 2016 @moonlightmov Directed and cowritten by Barry Jenkins @bandrybarry Starring @mahershalaali, @_trevante_, @janellemonae, @jharreljerome Barry Jenkins’s masterpiece is available on several platforms, it will depend of where you are based, try Amazon. The film is an outstanding example of what the art of cinema really is: the use of all elements in constructing an moving image to convey a story and the emotional world of the characters. The use of the camera, sound, composition, even the name of the characters are loaded with symbolism, subtext and emotion. And on top of all that, a wonderful combination of known and unknown actors who seemed to have been born for each other roles. If I keep writing about it, I won’t be able to stop… ¿Have you already seen it?¿What did you like the most about it?

This film is a pretty incredible representation of today’s America from the black (&Female) point of view. And is all we have been dreaming to see in regards of honest, raw, truthful #Blacklove with capital B. The film is gorgeously executed, it is complex as reality is and it leaves you affected, feeling and thinking. . Read the interview of the writer and director at theglodenadmail.com “This film has a black gaze that draws you in as a black audience member in a way that relies on both recognition of language and trust.” Watch in: Might still becoming to cinemas near you. For the US its already in varios platforms including amazon and iTunes. Will keep you posted on new releases.

RANDOM ACTS OF FLYNESS***** @randomactshbo 2018 Created by Terence Nance This is one of my FAVORITE series that is right now on platforms that make social criticism with unique and innovative narratives, always from the Afro perspective (African American in this case). Terence Nance, its creator, is a magician, a genius, a visual innovator like few others. The series, tremendously eclectic, varied and convoluted like a wonderful wool ball of surprises, is intended only for the understanding of the Afro public. It may seem strange to you, sometimes too much, but keep seeing it because it is impossible that it will leave you indifferent. It is available at @hbo and @hbo_es

Este documental es un tan personal y familiar, como que es la historia del padre mismo del director y se ha rodeado de familiares para llevarlo a cabo. Es la historia de regreso al país, Benín en este caso, del padre de Zannou tras demasiados años sin volver. No solo por cuestiones prácticas sino emocionales, y en estás ultimas reside el punto más interesante. Es una historia que debería ser de interés par la diaspora y en la que los descendientes de emigrantes nos vamos a reconocer y emocionar. La peli esta disponible en @enfilmin THE DOOR OF NO RETURN ** 2011 Directed by Santiago Zannou @szannou This documentary is as personal and familiar as it is the story of the director's own father and he has surrounded himself with relatives to carry it out. It is the story of the return to the home country, Benin in this case, of Zannou's father after too many years of absence. Not only for practical but emotional reasons, and in these last ones the most interesting point resides. It is a story that should be of interest to the diaspora and in which the descendants of emigrants will recognise and be moved. The movie is available at @enfilmin

THE BURIAL OF KOJO*** Written and directed by Blitz Bazawule @blitzambassador Distributed by  @arraynow The first feature film of the Ghanaian director is a visually stunning film with a language and a narrative that has been many times theorised about when speaking of a truly African cinema that can truthfully represents the world and imaginary of the cultures of the continent. The film was independently financed through crowdfunding. The director made a great effort to make an African production without the influences inevitably linked to foreign financing. The film is full of magic imagery and creates a world that goes beyond the earthly. In Spain, you can find it on Vimeo On Demand (with no spinach subtitles yet).
 For the rest of the world try Netflix.

Is the first 100% African production for Netflix! Which is great news as it could mean the first of many more African led productions to be reach wide international audiences. The series is created by Kagiso Lediga who has a movie on the platform “Watching feelings” with some of the same actors. You have to watch it to support African productions, because of its pan-africanist point of view and, even if it isn’t perfectly executed, it is full of messages that aren’t common on screen and very needed! You can watch season 1 on Netflix NOW!

ES FOR YOU, para audiencias negras, para audiencias afro. Esta cuenta es un lugar donde te vamos a recomendar, con reseñas breves y sin spoilers, los contenidos tanto en plataformas online, como cine y televisión, que deberías ver si quieres cambiar los contenidos que moldean tu identidad y moldean tu vida. Contenidos creados por personas como nosotras, para nosotras, que no solo hablan de nuestras realidades, desde nuestro propio punto de vista, sino que nos proyecten, nos empoderen hacia un futuro distinto. ¿Te apuntas? EN FOR YOU, For Black Audiences, for afro audiences. This account is created to give you recommendations, with short reviews and no spoilers, of the contents in online platforms, TV and cinemas, that you should be watching if you want to take charge of the contents that shape your world and identity. Films, series, docs, etc created by people of color, not only telling our stories from our point of view, but projecting us towards a different and better future. Are you in?

ES Desde que la "historia" empezó a escribirse exclusivamente por occidente, las historias nunca han estado del lado de la gente negra, ni de los africanos ni de sus descendientes. Incluso ha sido al contrario: La manera en que las historias han sido contadas han creado y perpetuado nuestra esclavitud, genocidios y asesinatos durante casi 500 años ya. Hoy en día, estamos poco a poco entendiendo la importancia de reclamar representación en pelis, series, televisión y contenidos online. En el post anterior decía lo importante que esto es a nivel social e individual. ¿Qué miras, que consumes visualmente en tu día a día? ¿Cómo esto construye tu vida y tu identidad? EN Since "history" started to be written from the west, stories have not served black & brown people, Africans and people of african descent. Quite the contrary: How stories about us were told, help to enslaved us and kill us for almost 500 years already. Today, we are slowly starting to understand this and demand more stories in films, TVs, platforms and online content in which we are fairly represented. As I said in the previous post, that has tremendously important impact in our lives and societies as well as individuals. What do you watch on a daily basis? How it is shaping you and your life?

ES Lo que ves, lo que consumes visualmente en tu día a día define, quieras o no, tu percepción del mundo y de ti mismx. Con las series, pelis, documentales, noticias, etc construimos el imaginario colectivo que nos define socialmente e individualmente. ¿Y si te responsabilizas de lo que ves? EN What you watch, what you visually consume daily, defines the perception we have of the world and about ourselves. TV shows, series, films, documentaries, etc are constructing the collective imaginaries of our society and individually. What about taking responsibility for what you watch?