We All Like Plantain

(A todos nos gusta el plátano)
Rubén H. Bermúdez | Documentary, Experimental

2021 | 61 minutes | Spain

Seven black people living in Spain try to craft a film that delves into self-representation. A powerful exploration of identity and community.

Synopsis
And when he woke up, Black Lives Matter was also Spanish. Photographer Rubén H. Bermúdez, whose 2018 book "Y tú, ¿por qué eres negro?" was a pivotal moment in the visibility of the Afro-descendant community in Spain, now presents the audiovisual evolution of his work.
 
In this compelling and mature ensemble film, Bermúdez relinquishes the camera to seven individuals of African descent in Spain, empowering them to craft a film that delves into self-representation, grappling with doubts in an intimate, fragmented, and necessarily partial portrait.
 
The screen becomes a canvas for the diverse and nuanced stories of these individuals—capturing their skins and bodies in private moments, where they speak, listen, and vulnerably expose themselves in a powerful exploration of identity and community.
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"It is a warm and mature ensemble film, in which he hands the camera over to seven black people in Spain to have them make a film. Self-representation, doubts, in an intimate, fragmentary and necessarily partial portrait. A movie that makes you want to live.” - Gonzalo de Pedro, Cineteca Madrid

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Bermúdez, Rubén H. (filmmaker)

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Festivals

Documenta Madrid - Jury Award for Best National Film; Cineteca Madrid Audience Award; Young Cinezeta Award

DIRECTOR: Rubén H. Bermúdez

NATIONALITY: Spain

YEAR: 2021

GENRE: Documentary, Experimental

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adult

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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