4:10–5:55 PM

BLACK ATLANTIC: IDENTITY & MEMORY

Cinema • Colonialism • Liberation • Legacy

Individual Block Ticket: $30

From Brazil to Cabo Verde and across the African diaspora, two films explore cinema, cultural memory, anti-colonial struggle and the people whose creative and political legacies continue to shape the Black Atlantic.

Together, the films consider how memory survives through images, ideas and resistance — and how later generations continue to recover and reinterpret the lives of those who came before.

DOIS NILOS (TWO NILES)

Directors: Samuel Lobo & Rodrigo de Janeiro
Country: Brazil
Genre: Documentary Short | Runtime: 18:00

Synopsis: A journey through the memories of pioneer Brazilian filmmaker Afranio Vital. Between dreams and ruins, a cinematic life doesn’t end like this. 

AMÍLCAR

Director: Miguel Eek
Country: Cabo Verde / France / Portugal / Spain / Sweden
Genre: Documentary Feature | Runtime: 1:27:00

Synopsis: An experimental portrait of revolutionary thinker Amílcar Cabral, whose leadership helped shape the anti-colonial struggle in Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde. The film revisits Cabral’s life, political thought and enduring legacy through the histories and memories of liberation. 

Included in the Saturday Day Pass and BBFW All Access Festival Pass.