Vibrancy Of Silence: A Discussion with My Sisters

Film

by Marthe Djilo Kamga

Details

Belgium and USA / 2017 / 90mins / Documentary / French

In this documentary, Marthe Djilo Kamga takes us along as she engages in fruitful conversations with four other Cameroonian female artists who, like her, know exile as well as how necessary it is to transmit to younger generations what they have learned as their multiple identities have evolved and fused. The original score that accompanies the voices of these three generations of women is an active part of the adventure, a witness for the future. The conversations are connected by key themes of cultural heritage, historical memory and how images shape personal and collective memories.

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About the Director

Marthe Djilo Kamga

Marthe Djilo Kamga is one of the founders and current coordinator of the Massimadi-Bxl festival, and her professional and personal interests have revolved around questions of vulnerabilities, identities, and equal opportunities. In 2009, her book, Quand les femmes aiment d’autres femmes: regard sur les homosexualités féminines au Cameroun, published by the collection Cahiers de l’Université des Femmes, No 4, in Brussels, Belgium. Her other major projects are the one-woman show Angalia Ni Mimi: therapy of a thwarted artist, an autobiography and the photo documentary Sikiliza, My Body Talks to You. She is also co-executive producer and director of the documentary Vibrancy of Silence: A Discussion with My Sisters as part of Frieda Ekotto’s visual research project on Vibrancy of Silence: Archiving Images and Cultural Production of Sub-Saharan African Women. Learn More