Storyline
Approximately, because so-called "ethnic" statistics are prohibited, there are an estimated 3.3 million black French citizens. Distant descendants of slaves from the Caribbean or "indigenous" peoples from the French colonial empire in Africa, they constitute a minority that is often discriminated against. Isabelle Boni-Claverie, a mixed-race woman raised in the affluent neighborhoods of Paris, daughter of an Ivorian politician and granddaughter of Alphonse Boni, a Black man who became a magistrate of the French Republic in the 1930s, examines what is blocking the social advancement of Black French people and the full recognition of their citizenship.
What People Are Saying
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“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Isabelle Boni-Claverie's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
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“Every frame feels alive. Too Black to Be French? is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
