In Short: Reparation Blues 5mins
Produced by Alfred Santana
At the United Nations’ World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa in 2001, talks over reparations for the trans Atlantic slave trade became so contentious that the U.S. delegation staged a dramatic walk out. This film features a performance piece revolving around “Reparation Blues,” a poem by artist Ghail Rhodes-Benjamin. The hybrid film juxtaposes performance of the verse with verité footage of the U.S. walk out and the response of African American activists in order to highlight the struggle to have the issues of reparation heard around the world.
*This project was produced in collaboration with the WGBH Lab.
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