Paris Noir – African Americans in the City of Light

Director Joanne Burke and associate producer Julia Browne explore the migration of pioneering African Americans to France, from dancer, singer and actress Josephine Baker and jazz musician Sidney Bechet to author and poet Richard Wright and cultural icon James Baldwin. For nearly a century, many African Americans travelled to Paris to find their identity away from the American racism that sought to erase it. Weaving stories and themes from World War I, the Jazz Age of the 1920s up to the German occupation of WWII, Paris Noir offers thought-provoking storytelling that resonates in the social and political climate of modern France.

With an introduction and discussion between series curator Karen Alexander and author and social entrepreneur Eric D. Collins
 
Presented as part of Cinema Rediscovered on Tour, a Watershed project in collaboration with Park Circus. With support from BFI awarding funds from The National Lottery and MUBI.

See also Sidney screenings from 23 Sept.

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