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Digital Art Exhibition: An Excavation of Us

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Digital Art Exhibition: An Excavation of Us

"An Excavation of Us," by Shirley Bruno / Haiti, France and Belgium / 2017 / 11mins / Animation, History / English and Haitian Creole

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Fri, May 28, 2021
to Thu, Jun 3, 2021

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This event is part of the 28th NYAFF — "Notes from Home: Recurring Dreams & Women's Voices" Learn More

As a compliment to the 2021 FilmAfrica program, we present Shirley Bruno's An Excavation of Us / Le Déterrement de Nous.

About the Film

The shadows of Napoleon's army fall upon a boat traveling through the mysterious cave named after her legend Marie Jeanne, a female soldier who fought in the Haitian Revolution. It is this battle inside her cave that will become the most successful revolution of an enslaved people in history.
About Shirley Bruno