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The Gaze
2021 | B/N | 52:00

“In all my years of doing press, I’ve been repeatedly asked about the white gaze. Rarely have I been set upon about the Black gaze; or the gaze distilled. This is an answer to a question rarely asked.” The Gaze features moving portraits of the ensemble of The Underground Railroad.


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Jenkins; Barry
Script: Jenkins; Barry
Photography: Laxton; James
Music: Britell; Nicholas
Cast:Oakley III; Frank, Mbedu; Thuso, Pierre; Aaron, Baston; Lucius, Bowman; Mychal-Bella, Singleton; Irone, Jhé; Zsané
Participation year at FICM: 2022

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