Writer
In 1975, French Oscar-winning director Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau travelled to Panama to film the Kuna community, where women are sacred. Gaisseau, his wife and their little girl Akiko lived with the Kunas for a year. The project eventually ran out of funds and a bank confiscated the reels. Fifty years later, the Kunas are still waiting to discover “their” film, now a legend passed down from the elders to the new generation. One day, a hidden copy is found in Paris…
Director
In 1975, French Oscar-winning director Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau travelled to Panama to film the Kuna community, where women are sacred. Gaisseau, his wife and their little girl Akiko lived with the Kunas for a year. The project eventually ran out of funds and a bank confiscated the reels. Fifty years later, the Kunas are still waiting to discover “their” film, now a legend passed down from the elders to the new generation. One day, a hidden copy is found in Paris…
Editor
Esta película es ante todo un viaje. De Brooklyn a Abidjan, pasando por Mississippi, Puerto Rico y Haití. Un viaje sobre la búsqueda de la identidad del artista afroamericano contemporáneo más famoso y uno de los pintores más relevantes del siglo XX, Jean-Michel Basquiat. Sin embargo deviene un viaje paradójico, pues a pesar de sus raíces haitianas y puertorriqueñas, Basquiat apenas exploró el continente africano. Sin embargo, nunca dejó de soñar con ello, trascendiendo su “memoria cultural” para producir obras icónicas. Se dice demasiado poco: aunque el pintor se anticipó como ningún otro a la globalización del arte, sobre todo se enfrentó a una América plagada de racismo.
Director of Photography
