The Foreigner's Home

Streaming video - 2017

"Who IS the foreigner? Am I the foreigner in my own home? Who decides?" Such were the questions posed by renowned author Toni Morrison at her 2006 guest-curated exhibit at the Louvre, THE FOREIGNER'S HOME. There she invited several renowned artists whose work also dealt with the experience of cultural and social displacement to join her in a public discussion that Morrison herself had been pursuing through her own research and writing. This film expands that discussion by integrating exclusive footage of the Nobel Laureate in dialogue with artists in 2006 with a sit-down conversation in her own home in 2015. Voted Best Mid-Length Documentary at the **Montreal International Black Film Festival.** Official Selection at the **BF...I London Film Festival.** *"The words are straightforward, but the haunting music, animated scenes and the logic of poetry reach unquestionable peaks of deep emotion." - Miguel Pendas, **Filmfest DC***

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Genres
Documentary films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Video Project 2017.
2019.
Language
English
Other Authors
Geoff Pingree (film director), Rian Brown (actor), Charles Burnett, Edwidge Danticat, Kendrick Lamar, Toni Morrison
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
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Item Description
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).