Directed by Julius-Amédée Laou
4 Episodes
Simmering with outrage and biting irony, the slashingly subversive films of French-Martinican writer-director Julius-Amédée Laou carry on the legacy of his compatriot Frantz Fanon, giving blistering expression to the experience of postcolonial systemic racism in France. Though he is most famous as a playwright, Laou’s forays into cinema—including the urgent, landmark short OPEN MIC SOLITAIRE and his trenchantly funny first feature THE OLD SORCERESS AND THE VALET—display boldly cinematic formal flourishes deployed in the name of radical defiance.
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18:21Episode 1Open Mic Solitaire
Episode 1
Directed by Julius-Amédée Laou • 1983 • France
Starring Serge Ubrette, Marilyne CantoPlaywright Julius-Amédée Laou’s first foray into filmmaking is an explosive call to revolution in which a young Black artist—after learning that his brother has been murdered in Paris by far-right racists—hijac...
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23:38Episode 2Mist Melodies of Paris
Episode 2
Directed by Julius-Amédée Laou • 1985 • France
Starring Greg Germain, Christine Amat, Cyril EdouardJulius-Amédée Laou’s second short film depicts the devastating effects of colonialism on the individual via a portrait of a West Indian man haunted by traumatic memories and the shame of having fo...
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1:21:53Episode 3The Old Sorceress and the Valet
Episode 3
Directed by Julius-Amédée Laou • 1987 • France
Starring Jenny Alpha, Robert LiensolSuffused with a sense of dreamlike, magical unreality, Julius-Amédée Laou’s singular, strikingly shot debut feature peers into the relationship between an elderly West Indian couple (Jenny Alpha and Robert Lienso...
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1:29:44Episode 4French Wedding Caribbean Style
Episode 4
Directed by Julius-Amédée Laou • 2002 • France
Starring Dieudonné, Nicole Dogué, Loulou BoislavilleA wedding celebration goes drastically off the rails in the fearlessly subversive and formally inventive second feature from Julius-Amédée Laou. On the day of their marriage, a Black bride from a ...