Echoes of Césaire Film Presentation

Too Bright to See (Part I) by Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich
This film blends archival materials and cinematic narrative scenes, portrayed by an unconventional cast. Drawing inspiration from Caribbean aesthetics and Surrealist art, the film highlights new aspects of Suzanne Roussi Césaire’s legacy that are undocumented in the public arena, while confronting the ongoing erasure of women from historical accounts.
22 minutes, 16mm film, 2023–24

An introductory video with Hunt-Ehrlich will play before the film.

Aimé Césaire: un homme une terre by Sarah Maldoror
Maldoror presents a portrait of her multifaceted friend Aimé Césaire—a Martinician poet, politician, and co-founder of the Négritude movement—through interviews, landscapes, and scenes from his play. Négritude was a progressive artistic and political movement that defended Black culture and had strong ties to Marxist and anti-colonial ideals.
52 minutes, 1976

After the screening, Annouchka de Andrade, Maldoror’s daughter, will join us for a virtual Q&A session. The discussion will be moderated in person by Bonnie Lucero, professor of Latin American studies and history at Texas Christian University.

The Modern Art Museum and the Latin American Film Center NYC present Echoes of Césaire, a film presentation on July 20 and 27 in conjunction with the Modern’s special exhibition Surrealism and Us: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists since 1940. 
Learn more about the film presentation here.