51 min
El Otro Francisco y Negrometraje Negrometraje
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Negrometraje is a podcast that critically thinks and deconstructs Black representation in Latin American mass media and films. Negrometraje is a derogatory yet popular term that translates in English to “Black Feature Film.” We center our work on Caliban, a Shakespeare's character in the play "The Tempest".
In today’s episode, we discuss El Otro Francisco. This documentary drama by Sergio Girl tells the love story of Francisco and Dorothea and, the horrific reality of enslavement in 19th century Cuba. We discuss what is Negrometraje, its definition, and how we will use it.
It is Aimé Césaire's, A Tempest that lays the path that “dramatizes all four possible courses of action for the slaves: Collaboration, Opposition, Resistance, and Separatism”.
Program
0:00: Prologue: from (Caliban: The Tempest)
3:47: Preliminary Conversation: Negrometraje and Sergio Giral
18:16: interlude: Una Mano con otra mano
20:40: Pre-viewing discussion (Ripple affects of Haitian Revolution)
31:02: Interlude: Crispin y la lluvia
31:27: post-viewing discussion (Sugar economy, and slavery in Cuba)
45:51: Caliban Theory
50:56: Outro and Next feature film: Pelo Malo
Negrometraje is a podcast that critically thinks and deconstructs Black representation in Latin American mass media and films. Negrometraje is a derogatory yet popular term that translates in English to “Black Feature Film.” We center our work on Caliban, a Shakespeare's character in the play "The Tempest".
In today’s episode, we discuss El Otro Francisco. This documentary drama by Sergio Girl tells the love story of Francisco and Dorothea and, the horrific reality of enslavement in 19th century Cuba. We discuss what is Negrometraje, its definition, and how we will use it.
It is Aimé Césaire's, A Tempest that lays the path that “dramatizes all four possible courses of action for the slaves: Collaboration, Opposition, Resistance, and Separatism”.
Program
0:00: Prologue: from (Caliban: The Tempest)
3:47: Preliminary Conversation: Negrometraje and Sergio Giral
18:16: interlude: Una Mano con otra mano
20:40: Pre-viewing discussion (Ripple affects of Haitian Revolution)
31:02: Interlude: Crispin y la lluvia
31:27: post-viewing discussion (Sugar economy, and slavery in Cuba)
45:51: Caliban Theory
50:56: Outro and Next feature film: Pelo Malo
51 min