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Negra

  • Negra
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2020
Format : Feature
Running time : 72 (in minutes)

I was about seven years old the first time someone called me "black" on the street. I turned around to see who they were talking to, until I realized it was me. That day I understood I was black, and the laughter it caused among the people nearby made me think being a black person wasn't that great… Was this only happening to me? Or did it happen to other black women? "Negra" shows the director in her search of exploring what it means to inhabit Mexico as a black woman. It tells the story of five afro-descendant women from southern Mexico, exposing racism, resistance and processes of self-acceptance, strategies for transcending stereotypes, and the celebration of their identity.



Film by Medhin Tewolde Serrano selected for the Toronto Black Film Festival 2021 online

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