Underplayed Gems

Speak Up (2017)

Speak Up poster
Original title
Ouvrir la voix
Directed by
Amandine Gay
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
2h 02m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Black women in France and the Antilles talk about their experiences of being seen as different because of their race and gender. They describe cliches and stereotypes they face in both white and black communities. The film has no narrator and moves from one topic to another.

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What happens

Ouvrir la voix est un documentaire français réalisé en 2014 par Amandine Gay, sorti en salles en 2017. Le documentaire filme, sans voix off, noires issues de l'histoire coloniale européenne en Afrique et aux Antilles. Il traite de leur expérience de la différence en tant que femme noire et des clichés qui leur sont associés en tant que « femme » et « noire » dans une optique à l'intersection des différentes discriminations. La narration glisse d’un thème à l’autre et construit un récit en deux temps : être une femme noire dans un milieu blanc puis être une femme noire dans un milieu noir. Pour la réalisatrice, (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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