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Negra

Director: Medhin Tewolde Serrano
Documentary Features
Running Time:71:44 minutes
Event Date(s)
4:30 PM EST
Friday, November 12
Jengo's Playhouse
Credits:

Writer: Medhin Tewolde Serrano
Executive Producer: Daniela Contreras
Cinematography: Juan Antonio Méndez Rodríguez
Audio Engineers: Carlo Massarelli, Jaime Xlitler Álvarez
Editor: Nicolas Défossé
Sound Design: Martin de Torcy
Sound Mix: Carlos Cortés Navarrete
Additional Photography: Rodrigo Verazaluce
Line Producers: Cecilia Monroy, Pía Quintana
Colourist: Néstor Abel Jiménez Díaz
Post Production Producer: Nicolas Défossé

Through the personal journey of it’s director, this documentary explores 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.

Preceded by REBYRTH.