Black Pete, Zwarte Piet: The Documentary
A film about the blackface tradition of Zwarte Piet in the Netherlands. Problematic? Or are the Dutch just having holiday fun?
Black Pete, Zwarte Piet: The Documentary is a film about the blackface tradition of Zwarte Piet, a Dutch folklore character associated with the celebration of Sinterklaas. The documentary seeks to explore both sides of the Sinterklaas/Zwarte Piet blackface tradition – and everything in between. Who wishes to change the tradition? Who wants to maintain it? And why?
Shantrelle P. Lewis, Director & Producer
A 2012-13 Andy Warhol Curatorial Fellow, Shantrelle P. Lewis is Brooklyn-based curator and a New Orleans native who returned home to assist in the city’s post-Katrina revitalization efforts after a 12-year stint on the east coast. Having received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in African American Studies from Howard and Temple Universities, respectively, her extensive travels throughout Africa, Europe, the United States, South America, and the Caribbean has allowed Shantrelle to experience and witness the manifestation of the African Diasporan aesthetic firsthand. As a curator, Ms. Lewis uses exhibition to respond critically to socio-political and cosmological phenomena through an African-centered lens. Since 2011, Shantrelle has been engaged in research in the Netherlands and the Dutch Caribbean for a 2015 exhibition at Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI).
Chanelle Aponte Pearson, Producer
Chanelle Aponte Pearson is a Bronx-bred, Brooklyn-based queer multimedia artist, producer, and researcher whose work promotes cultural heritage, social justice, and individual and collective empowerment. Chanelle uses film, still photography, fine art, and research as tools to address social and economic issues facing the LGBTQ community, people of color, and other marginalized communities. She is co-producer on the award-winning film “An Oversimplification of Her Beauty,” a 2012 Sundance Film Festival selection. As a producer with Media MVMT, a Brooklyn-based film production company, Chanelle has also produced MoCADA TV, a web series highlighting artists, businesses and cultural institutions that reflect and serve the African Diaspora.
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