Project Detail

Black Code/Code Noir

Synopsis

"'Black Code/Code Noir' unites temporally and geographically disparate elements into a critical reflection on two recent events: the murders of Michael Brown and Kajieme Powell by police officers in the U.S. in 2014. Archaeologically, the film argues that behind this present situation is a sedimented history of slavery, preserved by the Black Code laws of the colonies in the Americas. These codes have transformed into the algorithms that configure police Big Data and the necropolitical control of African Americans today. Yet how can we read in this present? How can we unwrite the sorcery of this code as a hack? Through a historical détournement the film suggests the Haitian Revolution as the first instance of the Black Code’s hacking and as a past symbol for a future hope." Louis Henderson
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Experimenta Strand

Details

Year: 2015
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 21 mins
Director: Louis Henderson
Producer: Olivier Marboeuf
Executive Producer: Spectre Productions
Editor: Louis Henderson
Director of Photography: Louis Henderson
Sound: Joseph Munday, Simon Apostolou
Principal cast: Ana Gabriella Pereira Vaz (Voice-over)

Genre

Experimental Black

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, France coproduction

Spectre Productions

Olivier Marboeuf

production@spectre-productions.com

Sales Company

Fabrique Phantom (FR)

Lou Jomaron
19 rue Jules David
93260 Les Lilas
France

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