Prism

Art/Knowledge, Cameroon/Belgium 2021

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Among the many ways that racism is deeply entrenched in our film culture is a technical one: the lighting for movie cameras has always been calibrated for white skin, with other production tools reflecting the same bias throughout cinema history. Three filmmakers collectively explore the literal, theoretical, and philosophical dimensions of that reality in this discursive, playful, and profound work of nonfiction. In a series of thematically linked, provocative discussions and interrogations, Eléonore Yameogo from Burkina Faso, Belgian An van. Dienderen, and Rosine Mbakam from Cameroon chart the making of their own film, while exploring the cinematic construction of whiteness and how this relates to power, privilege, and the myth of objectivity.
78 min
HD
Starting at 0
Audio language:
French
Subtitles:
English

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Composer:

Simon Winsé

Sound Design:

Loic Villiot

Original title:

Prisme

Original language:

French

Format:

16:9 HD, Color

Age rating:

Starting at 0

Audio language:

French

Subtitles:

English