Awards of the Ecumenical Jury
The film presents differents aspects of Bloody Sunday, when in a military action 13 people were killed and 14 wounded who had been participating in a peace demonstration in the Northern Irish town of Derry in 1972. The film compellingly shows the devastating effects of a policy, which accepts the escalation of violence in solving social and religious problems.
The father of an Algerian immigrant family is about to receive Canadian citizenship when his son disappears. With his son’s Canadian girlfriend, the father sets out to find him, and begins to understand his socio-political protest as well as to see the limits of his own culture. A both touching and explosively political film.
In a most extraordinary manner, the Afro-American director takes us on a musical and humorous journey to the roots of his family. Through his eyes, we discover the continent of his ancestors, the civil rights movement and the rich spirituality of Afro-American diaspora.
