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Euzhan Palcy

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French film director, screenwriter and film producer (born 1958)

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Euzhan Palcy is a Martinican film director, screenwriter, and producer. Her films are known to explore themes of race, gender, and politics, with an emphasis on the perpetuated effects of colonialism.

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Filmography 16

A Dry White Season1989 · ★ 6.7
Sugar Cane Alley1983
Ruby Bridges1998
The Killing Yard2001
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women2014
Siméon1992
Aimé Césaire: A Voice for History1995
Calling the Shots1988
How Are The Kids?1992
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid1994
Sisters in Cinema2003
The Messenger1975
The Devil's Workshop1981
Journey of the Dissidents2006
Screenwriters on Screenwriting2008
The Producer/Director Relationship

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Television 1

The Brides of Bourbon Island2007

Awards 11

2022Academy Honorary Award
2018Women in Film Honors
2010Afro-Caribbean Arts Trophies
1994Guggenheim Fellowship
1990Candace Award
1984César Award
1984César Award for Best First Film
1983Silver Lion
1983Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
Officer of the National Order of Merit
Officer of the Legion of Honour

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Euzhan Palcy is a Martinican film director, screenwriter, and producer. Her films are known to explore themes of race, gender, and politics, with an emphasis on the perpetuated effects of colonialism. Palcy's first feature film Sugar Cane Alley received numerous awards, including the César Award for Best First Feature Film. With A Dry White Season (1989), she became the first black female director to have a film produced by a major Hollywood studio, MGM.

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France
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
living
Dates
Born 1958 · age 68
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