Les 16 de Basse Pointe plus Q & A
Saturday 18 September 2pm -5.00pm
BFI SouthBank
Belvedere Road SE1
Tube: Waterloo.
Tickets £5.00 0207 928 3232
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THE 16 OF BASSE-POINTE /
LES 16 DE BASSE-POINTE
On September 6, 1948 a Béké (White colon in Martinique) was killed at Basse-Pointe, Martinique. Accused of this murder, sixteen sugar cane cutters were arrested and send to prison in Bordeaux, France. Three years later, these men were put to trial by the French Judiciary System. Through interviews with those accused still living today, with some of their lawyers—many of whom were members of the French Communist Party— and with other members of Martinique society touched by these events, the film exposes the political and cultural realities on the island at the time and describes what turned out to be the first public indictment against French colonialism. By Camille Mauduech, 109min, Martinique, Documentary in French and Creole with English subtitles
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FULL MOON AT VOLGA BEACH /
PLEINE LUNE À VOLGA PLAGE
Ambroise and Lise leave behind their little country house in the middle of the night and head for the city. Day-to-day life unfolds, never changing. However on the long boulevard leading to the Floralies market in Fort-de-France, some unexpected encounters indicate that the world is still turning. By Camille Mauduech, Martinique, 2004, 15mins, drama in French with English subtitlesome Back Africa