Afro-Colombian Visions: Short Films from the Pacific Coast
(2007, in Spanish w/ English subtitles)
An evening of short films from the Colombian Pacific, one of the most culturally rich zones of the African diaspora in the Americas: De Barrio En Barrio (From Barrio to Barrio), a music video set in Aguablanca, home to Cali’s largest black population; Viaje a Tambores, the journey of the Afro Pacific group La Experiencia to a music festival; Este Pueblo Necesita un Muerto (This Town Needs a Death), the story of Stephanie, a black transvestite in the historic Afro-American region El Choco; and Corte Americano (American Haircut), which follows three black hairdressers who cut hair in the American style in the Aguablanca district. All films will be U.S. premieres.
Curated and introduced by Agustin Laó-Montes, Sociology, UMass Amherst and Diana Coryat, Founding Director, Global Action Project ('07G).