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A conversation with French-African film curator Claire Diao and director Alice Diop from the associations Quartiers Lointains and Siniman Films
May 13, 2016 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am CDT
Free
French-Burkinabe film journalist and curator, specialized in African and French-african cinemas, Claire Diao is correspondent for Screen Africa (South Africa) and writes for SoFilm, Le Monde Afrique, Bondy Blog and Courrier International (blog L’Afrique en films). In 2015, she launched AWOTELE, a Panafrican online film critic magazine. She also regularly curates films series and moderates cinema panels worldwide and is in the process of setting up a professional online platform to connect filmmakers and film festivals from Africa and the Diaspora.
Born in Vincennes (France) from Senegalese parents, filmmaker Alice Diop studied History at the University of Paris- Sorbonne and Image & Society at the University of Evry. Her first documentary, The World Tour, was broadcasted on Voyages TV then Clichy pour l’exemple (2006) on France 5. In 2011, her feature documentary Danton’s Death wins the Library Award at the Cinéma du Réel Festival as well as the Etoile de la Scam 2012 Award.
Coming from various backgrounds, the associations Quartiers Lointains and Siniman Films produce, edit, distribute and curate films and publications on all media in order to explore the questioning about belonging to a double culture while contributing to a better understanding of the other.
Organized and supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York and Chicago.
