Colette and Justin
Leaving August 31
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1h 32m
Directed by Alain Kassanda • 2022 • France, Belgium
Determined to understand the colonial legacy from which he comes, French Congolese filmmaker Alain Kassanda convinces his grandparents, Colette and Justin, to sit for a series of interviews. Together, they watch old news footage, remember a visit from the Belgian king, and recall what life was like as part of the nascent Black bourgeoisie who served the colonial administration. But COLETTE AND JUSTIN is more than a film about family reminiscences. Kassanda uses a wealth of black-and-white archival footage to tell the story, superimposing his own thoughts and his grandparents’ voices over the visuals—in effect, using the colonizers’ images against them.
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