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Farías: An Afro Uruguayan Love Story
Farías: An Afro Uruguayan Love Story

This short documentary film transports viewers to the quiet rural town of Melo, where a man shares his memories of his mother who was, in her time, the last known living Uruguayan person born in slavery. What results is a nuanced meditation on mother-son love, the struggles of a people, and the deep connections between national histories and intimate life.

Project: Afro Uruguay: Forward Together
Project: Afro Uruguay: Forward Together

Afro Uruguay: Forward Together is a documentary project about the Afro Uruguayan community, its unique history, rich musical traditions, and contemporary struggles for uplift and change. In 2012, Iris Films’ executive director Pamela Harris embarked on a Fulbright Grant to Uruguay to gather documentary footage of the Afro Uruguayan population. She shot 60 hours of footage and is now working to develop the material into two films. You can support the work by making a donation today.

Film: Long Night’s Journey into Day
Film: Long Night’s Journey into Day

Long Night’s Journey Into Day reveals a South Africa trying to forge a lasting peace after 40 years of government by the most notorious system of racial segregation since Nazi Germany. The documentary studies South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), set up by the post-apartheid, democratic government to consider amnesty for perpetrators of crimes committed under apartheid’s reign.

Film: Skin Deep
Film: Skin Deep

The idea for SKIN DEEP came about in the late 1980′s when Frances Reid, the producer / director, noticed a dramatic increase in the number of racial incidents at colleges and universities across the country. Twenty-five years after the Civil Rights Movement racism and racial tension seemed to be very much alive in this country. Maybe less overt, but very much alive.





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