White Lies, Black Sheep

USA 2007

A.J.’s real name is Ajuma Talib. His aversion towards his African name is not his greatest problem, although A.J. loves rock. And this is not what people think of as being ‘Black’. A few incidents make A.J. see that his rock friends are “exoticizing” him and denying his blackness: Black, but not ‘really’ Black. So what then? WHITE LIES, BLACK SHEEP follows AFRO-PUNK (2003). With real and fictional parts it shows us Black youth in the Punk and Rock scene.

James Spooner explores the social political problems that touch Black youth once their musical and cultural stereotyping seem to run off track. His award-winning debut AFRO-PUNK was shown in more than 50 international festivals and won, among others, the Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking at the Roxbury Film Festival in Boston.

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Film schedule

City		Location		Date		Time
Amsterdam		Bioscoop Het Ketelhuis		05-09-2008		18:45