13 - EV - 1802, the Guadeloupean epic

Yé Moun La! In this episode, we’ll discuss “1802, the Guadeloupean epic” (2006) by Christian Lara.

0:00 - 0:15 : intro + opening credits

0:15 - 2:09: self-introduction

2:10 - 2:57: tribute to Ella Turenne of the Fanm on Films podcast

2:58 - 4:59: how France keeps using US references to talk about the history of slavery as if Guadeloupe and Martinique aren’t the living product of the French colonial expansion

5:00 - 5:31: disclaimer : why I won’t talk about French Guyana and Reunion island

5:32 - 6:19: how the (Black) French audience often complains about the lack of French films on slavery but rarely talks about the ones created by filmmakers from Guadeloupe and Martinique

6:20 - 7:59: reminder on the two main French examples I used in my special edition about the representation of slavery : Bitter Tropics vs. Ebony Wood.

8:00 - 10:24: the negative perception about Black people from Guadeloupe and Martinique

10:25 - 11:27: why I chose to launch Season 3 with “1802”

11:28 -13:27 : Yé Krik Yé Krak - synopsis 1 vs. synopsis 2

13:28 - 16:19: short analysis of the synopsis showing how Christian Lara plans to center the narrative around Black characters and not around White characters

16:20 - 16:54: outro