Michèle Stephenson
Michèle Stephenson draws on her Haitian and Panamanian roots to radically rethink storytelling in order to develop a practice that centers the lived experiences of the Black diaspora in the Americas. Stephenson draws inspiration from fiction and immersive, hybrid forms of storytelling to construct her worlds and narratives.
FILMOGRAPHY
Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games - 2023
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project - 2023
Stateless - 2020
FILMS SHOWN
Michèle Stephenson’s moving documentary centres on the 1969 student protests against racism at Montreal’s Concordia University and their contribution to the story of Black liberation.