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Synopsis: I was about seven years old the first time someone called me “black” on the street. I turned around to see who they were talking to, until I realized it was me. That day I understood I was black, and the laughter it caused among the people nearby made me think being a black person wasn’t that great… Was this only happening to me? Or did it happen to other black women? “Negra” shows the director in her search of exploring what it means to inhabit Mexico as a black woman. It tells the story of five afro-descendant women from southern Mexico, exposing racism, resistance and processes of self-acceptance, strategies for transcending stereotypes, and the celebration of their identity.

Language

Spanish

Run Time

72 minutes

Starring

Medhin Tewolde
Asucena López
Helen Martínez
Geidy Mena
Mónica Morales

Directed by

Medhin Tewolde Serrano

Written by

Medhin Tewolde Serrano

Executive Producer

Daniela Contreras

Edited by

Nicolas Défossé

Cinematographer

Juan Antonio Méndez Rodríguez

Director's Statement

For me, “Negra” is a documentary film in which I expose the process of constructing my own identity as an afrodescendant woman, looking to coincide and build bridges with the stories of other black sisters.

Director's Bio

Medhin Tewolde Serrano is Eritrean-Mexican woman originally from Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, who has lived in Chiapas for over 10 years. After her training in documentary film making, she became concerned with telling the stories of Others. She has dedicated herself to accompanying participatory video processes and community communication in Spain, Tunisia, Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala. Her accompaniment of these processes revealed her own process of constructing identity as an Afro-descendant woman, which motivated her to create a documentary that speaks to the significance and implication of being a Black woman in Mexico.

Production Year

2020

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