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Myth of a Colorblind France (2020)
86 min | Documentary

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Myth of a Colorblind France (2020)

86 min | Documentary

Myth of a Colorblind France explores the extraordinary and sometimes difficult lives of Blacks in Paris from the 19th century to the present. For more than a century, African American artists, authors, musicians and others have traveled to...See moreMyth of a Colorblind France explores the extraordinary and sometimes difficult lives of Blacks in Paris from the 19th century to the present. For more than a century, African American artists, authors, musicians and others have traveled to Paris to liberate themselves from the racism of the United States. What made these African Americans choose France? Why were the French fascinated by African Americans? And to what extent was and is France truly colorblind? Alan Govenar's new documentary investigates these questions and examines the ways that racism has plagued not only Blacks fleeing the United States, but Africans and people of color in France today. The film explores the lives and careers of renowned African Americans who emigrated to Paris, including Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, Richard Wright, Beauford Delaney, Augusta Savage, Barbara Chase-Riboud, and Lois Mailou Jones, and includes rare home movie footage of Henry Ossawa Tanner in Paris. Myth of a Colorblind France features interviews with Michel Fabre (author of a landmark biography on Richard Wright), psychoanalyst and jazz aficionado Francis Hofstein, poet James Emanuel, historian Tyler Stovall, filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris, graffiti artist Quik, hip hop producer Ben the Glorious Bastard, African drummer Karim Toure, and many more. Written by Myth of a Colorblind France See less

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
Akin Babatunde Self Self See fewer	Wishbone (1995)
Josephine Baker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Zou Zou (1934)
Ben the Glorious Bastard Self Self See fewer	Loisaidas (2015)
Barbara Chase-Riboud Self Self See fewer	Apostrophes (1975)
James Emanuel Self Self See fewer	Myth of a Colorblind France (2020)
Chansse Evans Self Self See fewer	Lune de Miel
Geneviève Fabre Self Self See fewer	Myth of a Colorblind France (2020)
Michel Fabre Self Self See fewer	A Very Curious Girl (1969)
Chaz Guest Self Self See fewer	Buffalo Warrior
Thomas Allen Harris Self Self See fewer	That's My Face (2001)
Francis Hofstein Self Self See fewer	Charlie Parker, Bird Songs (2022)
Jake Lamar Self Self See fewer	Le bateau livre (2003)
Joseph Langley Self Self See fewer	Myth of a Colorblind France (2020)
Gregory Masurovsky Self Self See fewer	Myth of a Colorblind France (2020)
Dan Morgenstern Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Paul Oliver Self Self See fewer	Myth of a Colorblind France (2020)
Marie-France Plassard Self Self See fewer	Myth of a Colorblind France (2020)
Michael Rosenfeld Self Self See fewer	Myth of a Colorblind France (2020)
Tyler Stovall Self Self See fewer	Legendary Sin Cities (2005)
Henry Ossawa Tanner Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Karim Toure Self Self See fewer	Route du Soleil (2016)
George Wein Self Self See fewer	Festival (1967)
Monique Y. Wells Self Self See fewer	Beauford Delaney: So Splendid A Journey
William T. Williams Self Self See fewer	Myth of a Colorblind France (2020)

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