Myth of a Colorblind France

Name: Myth of a Colorblind France
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 25, 2020
Duration: 86 min
Cast: Akin Babatunde, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Ben The Glorious Bastard, Chansse Evans, Chaz Guest

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First Run Features | Release Date (Streaming): September 25, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Akin Babatunde, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Ben The Glorious Bastard, Chansse Evans, Chaz Guest, Francis Hofstein, Geneviève Fabre, James Emanuel, Michel Fabre, Thomas Allen Harris

Summary: For more than a century, Black artists have traveled to Paris to liberate themselves from the racism of the United States. What made these artistic innovators choose France? And is France truly colorblind? Myth of a Colorblind France explores these questions by looking at the lives and careers of renowned African Americans who emigrated toFor more than a century, Black artists have traveled to Paris to liberate themselves from the racism of the United States. What made these artistic innovators choose France? And is France truly colorblind? Myth of a Colorblind France explores these questions by looking at the lives and careers of renowned African Americans who emigrated to Paris, including Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, Richard Wright, Beauford Delaney, Augusta Savage, Lois Mailou Jones, and Henry Ossawa Tanner.… Expand

Director: Alan Govenar

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 86 min

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Ben Kenigsberg

Sep 28, 2020

This is a huge subject, and the film, which favors anecdotes over a macro treatment, doesn’t have much structure to speak of. It consists of one brief profile after another — a strategy that is efficient for delivering information, but that leaves Myth of a Colorblind France dry and disarrayed as filmmaking. Read full review

John DeFore

Sep 28, 2020

A deeply frustrating doc that only rarely engages with its ostensible subject, Alan Govenar's The Myth of a Colorblind France intends to examine the country's reputation as a haven for Black Americans, but more often plays as travelogue, checklist of Francophile artists and meandering collective memoir. Read full review

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Brent_Marchant

Oct 29, 2020

As a collection of anecdotes about expatriate African-Americans who found fame in France that they never would have found in the U.S. (as well as the reasons behind that success), this documentary succeeds well. However, as a treatise on the subject that is the essence of the film's title,As a collection of anecdotes about expatriate African-Americans who found fame in France that they never would have found in the U.S. (as well as the reasons behind that success), this documentary succeeds well. However, as a treatise on the subject that is the essence of the film's title, the picture comes up woefully short, skimming the surface of this topic but never really delving into the meat of it. Viewers are treated to mere morsels of why the notion of French colorblindness is a myth, never really exploring the reasons for this in any great depth. In light of that, then, it seems that some retooling of this project -- beginning with its essential premise -- would have resulted in a much better film. To improve upon what's here, the production would either have to focus more on what it already does best or get more serious about what the title promises it's going to do.… Expand

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