Ent-Tech Atlanta - Day 3 (The Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit - Part 1)

  Day 3 - The Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 - Time: TBD

Friday turns its attention to cinema as more than entertainment, examining its power as a vehicle for cultural intelligence, research and public discourse—and as an instrument through which communities can reclaim the authority to define themselves.

Among the featured screenings is Je Suis Noire (Becoming a Black Woman), directed by Rachel M’Bon and co-directed by Juliana Fanjul. The film won Best Documentary at the 2026 Alma Film Festival, where M’Bon—a Swiss filmmaker of German, Swiss and Congolese heritage—also became the inaugural recipient of the festival’s Dr. Cornel West Award for Global Truth & Cultural Conscience, recognizing artists whose work demonstrates moral courage, intellectual rigor and a sustained engagement with the human condition.

The film also speaks to a larger cultural movement Alma has observed across the Global South, the African diaspora and communities around the world: a Renaissance of Reclamation.

It is a movement away from being interpreted by others and toward the power of self-definition. Across film, art, fashion, scholarship and cultural practice, a new generation is recovering histories obscured by colonialism, challenging inherited narratives, reconnecting with language and tradition, and asserting the right to tell its own stories from within its own cultural frame. What is emerging is not simply a return to the past, but a reexamination of it—using memory, research, and contemporary creative expression to determine what should be carried forward.

Following the screening, that idea will become the center of a recorded public conversation on the Renaissance of Reclamation, developed as part of Alma’s ongoing research initiative. The discussion will capture audience responses, cultural interpretations, and lived perspectives, creating a record of how this larger global shift is being understood by the people experiencing and shaping it.

Additional curated screenings and conversations will continue throughout the day.

MEDIA & PROGRAM INFORMATION

For additional information, media inquiries, or program participation:

festivaldirector@almafilmfestival.com

Alma Film Festival
Ent-Tech (Innovation & Discovery Expo)
Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit