Un spectaculaire docu-fiction qui portraiture des personnages historiques comme Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth ou d’autres Africains-Americains moins connus qui ont apporté ou inspiré des contributions dans les années 1840, la période suivant la Guerre Civile dans l’Histoire américaine.

Réalisateur : Tyrone Young, 2010, 1h23 min, USA

« Excellent comme document pédagogique » (ADIFF Washington DC 2012).

Conceived as an effort to alter the way African-American children see themselves and their ancestors, this docu-drama highlights the inventive and inspired contributions of African-Americans in the 1840s, the period leading to the Civil War in American History. Developed in collaboration with Florida-based historian Mary Fears to produce a historically accurate portrayal of the brave, compelling lives of African American skilled craftsmen, artists, inventors, and Union spies, the film is certain to enthrall young audiences with this overlooked facet of history.

USA, 2010, 83 min, docu-drama, English,

Tyrone Young, dir.




2012 | 6th ADIFF – Annual African Diaspora International Film Festival – Washington DC 2012 | 24 > 26/08/2012
* DC Premiere
* Screening: Sunday, August 26 @ 3PM
http://nyadiff.org/adiff2012DC.html
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/265228


2011 | NAACP IMAGE AWARD
* NOMINEE