Screening & Talk
Children of Captain Africa
Xavier Fournier, Greg Anderson Elysée
Schedule
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Run Time: 53min screening followed by 35min talkback
Dir. Xavier Fournier, Frédéric Ralière, 2025, 53min, DCP
In English
In the 1980s, Ghanaian artist Andy Akman created Captain Africa, one of the first comic book series to feature an African superhero. His work inspired new generations of African comic artists, who continue to create exciting and original superhero stories. This new documentary from Xavier Fournier and Frédéric Ralière is followed by a conversation with writer/director Fournier (on Zoom) and artist Greg Anderson Elysée.
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Children under seventeen (17) years of age must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian at all times and may not attend events unattended.
Xavier Fournier
Xavier Fournier is a journalist, essayist, and lecturer specializing in the history of American comic books and popular culture. He began his career in 1993 at USA Magazine, before working for regional daily newspapers. In 1998, he took part in the launch of Comic Box, a magazine dedicated to comics and American comic books, and later became its editor-in-chief.
He is the author of several books devoted to comics and superheroes, examining their origins, developments, and cultural contexts. His publications include Super-Héros, une Histoire Française (2014), Super-Héros Français, une Anthologie (2015), Super-Héros, l’Envers du Costume (2016), Comics en Guerre (2016), and Kirbysphère (2021). In 2024, he published the Guide de Gotham City for the game Batman: Gotham City Chronicles, released by Monolith. Additional editorial projects are currently in progress.
Alongside his work as an author, Xavier Fournier is also active in the audiovisual field. He is the co-director of several documentaries focused on popular culture and its figures, including The Reign of Super-Heroines (2021), Super-Villains: The Investigation (2023), and The Heirs of Captain Africa (2025), for Warner Discovery / HBO Max.
Since 2021, he has hosted the podcast Aventures Fiction, dedicated to fictional universes and their adaptations across different media
Greg Anderson Elysée
Greg Anderson Elysée is a Brooklyn born Haitian-American writer, film-maker, model, and educator. He is the writer and creator of the award winning comic book/graphic novel series Is’nana the Were-Spider, a coming of age dark fantasy book about the son of Anansi the Spider, drawing inspiration from Black myths, folklore, and spirituality and has won 7 Glyph Awards. He is also the creator of the sci-fi series Marassa and other works, and is the writer for 133art’s OneNation: Stronghold. He has won a Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Award and an In the Margins (ITM) Book Award winner for Best Non-Fiction for Akim Aliu: Dreamer, his very first Scholastic Inc book. 2025 saw the release of his latest book, Hammer: John Henry vs the Robot Apocalypse, which has already won 3 Glyph Awards.
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