GROUPE INTERVENTION VIDEO (GIV)

Black Hands, Trial of the Arsonist Slave is about Marie-Josèphe Angélique, a Black slave accused of burning Montreal in 1734. After an epic trial, this untamable slave is tortured and sentenced to death. But was she really guilty or was she the victim of a bigger conspiracy? Why this voluntary amnesia about this unknown page of history? A fascinating documentary that skillfully mixes interviews with historians and reenacments filmed in the same style as Dogville by Lars Von Trier.

Ayana O’Shun graduaded in Cinema at the University of Montreal, In 2010, she directed for the National Film Board of Canada “Doctors without residencies”, which explores the mechanism that keeps several foreign-trained doctors from working in the country. This film became #1 on the NFB’s website for several weeks. Ayana O’Shun has previously written and directed short films that toured several festivals, including Echos (nominated for Best Film at the Niagara Film Festival in 2004, Picture This Festival in 2005). Her latest endeavor, “Black Hands: Trial of the arsonist slave”, was selected at the World Film Festival of Montreal 2010. Furthermore, Ayana O’Shun is an actress and has played in several productions.

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Ayana O’Shun (auparavant Tetchena Bellange) est diplômée en cinéma de l’Université de Montréal. En 2010, elle réalise pour l’Office national du film le court-métrage Médecins sans résidence, un documentaire sur les barrières que rencontrent des médecins étrangers à pratiquer au Québec. Ce documentaire controversé sera l’œuvre la plus regardée sur le site Internet de l’ONF pendant plusieurs semaines. Ayana O’Shun a aussi réalisé plusieurs courts-métrages qui ont fait le circuit des festivals, dont Échos, sélectionné pour le meilleur film au Niagara Film Festival en 2004 et à Picture This Festival en 2005. Ayana O’Shun est aussi comédienne. Elle a joué dans plusieurs films et séries, entre autres dans Rumeurs, Day after tomorrow, Le Gentleman, Les Boys III et Un Cargo pour l’Afrique.