Synopsis
A black woman wanders through a museum, carefully examining each painting, searching for something. In the background, a voiceover recites titles and describes paintings, gradually revealing the place that Western art has often reserved for black female bodies. Another black woman wanders through the streets of Brooklyn, looking in wonder at the black women around her, living incarnations of the new Venus.
Courtesy of Miu Miu, Photos by Brigitte Lacombe
Filmmaker
Alice Diop
She has established herself as an essential chronicler of contemporary social realities through incisive documentaries that focus on traditionally marginalized communities. Her film Towards Tenderness won the César Award for Best Short Film, and with her first feature film, Saint Omer, she won the Grand Jury Prize and the Luigi De Laurentiis Award at the Venice Film Festival.
Filmography: Fragments for Venus (short, 2025, D'A 2026), Saint Omer (2022), Us (short, 2021), RER B (short, 2017), On Call (2016), Towards Tenderness (mid-length, 2016), La Mort de Danton (2011), La Tour du monde (mid-length, 2006)
Awards and festivals
Poster
