Directed by Julius-Amédée Laou • 1983 • France
Starring Serge Ubrette, Marilyne Canto
Playwright 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—hijacks a popular Franco-Caribbean radio station and takes to the airwaves, determined to speak directly to his community and shake it out of its complacency.
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Directed by Julius-Amédée Laou • 2002 • France
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