Welcome!
The Saint Barth Film Festival “Cinéma Caraïbes” is back after a two-year absence due to the Covid pandemic. On May 4-7, 2022, the festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary, which did not take place as planned in 2020, or again in 2021.
Four feature-length films are on the program for the 25th St Barth Film Festival, including two documentaries. The first two films will be shown on May 4 and 5 at AJOE in Lorient, while the films on May 6 and 7 will be shown on the dock in Gustavia, pending approval from the Collectivity.
See you soon!
The St Barth Film Festival
Vendredi 3 mai, 10h
Friday, May 3, 10am
Théâtre du Paradis, Gustavia
L’Esclavage,
le passé oublié
de Saint-Barth
de Albane Harmange
(2024, 13 min, documentaire en français,
tourné à Saint-Barth)
Résumée à l'île des milliardaires, Saint-Barthélemy est associée à beaucoup de clichés. Mais il existe une partie de l'histoire de l'île peu connue, même par ses propres habitants : l'esclavage. Comme les autres îles de la Caraïbe, Saint-Barth n'a pas été épargnée. Au point qu'en 1847, les esclaves représentaient plus de la moitié de la population. Mais alors, où sont les traces de ce passé ? Ce documentaire part à la rencontre des habitants qui se battent, pour que ce passé oublié refasse surface.
Originaire de Saint-Barthélemy, Albane Harmange poursuit des études de journalisme à Paris. Régulière collaboratrice du Journal de Saint-Barth, la journaliste porte une attention particulière aux enjeux propres à son île et aux thématiques caribéennes.
Crédits: Lucie Guideau
de Albane Harmange
(2024, 13 min, documentary in French,
filmed in Saint-Barth)
Known as an island for millionaires, Saint Barthélemy is the subject of many clichés. But there is another part of the island’s history that is little known, even by its residents: slavery. Like the other islands in the Caribbean, Saint Barth was not free of slavery. To such a point that in 1847, slaves represented more than half of the population.But where are the traces of this history? This documentary interviews some of the residents who have been fighting to bring this part of the island’s past back to the surface.
Born in Saint Barthélemy, Albane Harmange is studying journalism in Paris. A regular contributor to Le Journal de Saint-Barth, she is particularly interested in the challenges of her island and Caribbean subjects in general.