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L’île veilleuse (The Vigilant Island) - (Euzhan Palcy, 1994)

L’île veilleuse (The Vigilant Island)
September 22, 2025
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Wexner Center for the Arts Film/Video Theatre

L’île veilleuse (The Vigilant Island) is the first part of the three-part documentary series Aimé Césaire: A Voice for History. Euzhan Palcy had a close relationship with Césaire, who acted as her mentor. The first installment introduces audiences to the celebrated Martinican author and anti-colonial activist who coined the term “négritude,” a cultural and political movement that emerged among Black intellectuals in the 1930s and 40s. Palcy follows her mentor as they tour their home country of Martinique, where Césaire tried to balance his life as a poet with his post-war role as his country’s representative to the French National Assembly. (55 mins., digital video)

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