Sneak Preview
The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire
Schedule
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Followed by a Q&A with director Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and moderated by artist Leslie Hewitt
Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, 2024, 75min, DCP
Starring Zita Hanrot, Motell Gyn Foster, Josué Gutierrez, Reese Antoinette
Based on the life of writer and feminist activist Suzanne Césaire, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s debut feature explores the relationships with Césaire’s husband, French politician Aimé Césaire, and fellow surrealist André Breton. Starring Zita Hanrot as Suzanne Césaire, the film breaks from traditional biographical structure, blending more conventional narrative with captivating experimental elements.
“A shimmering sidelong glance at the intellectual, philosophical and emotional imprint left by (the) Martinican anti-colonialist writer and Afro-surrealist pioneer.” – Jessica Kiang, Variety
Distributed by Cinema Guild
Venue
Event Pricing
($3 for Advance Tickets)
*Tickets are free for members on the day of the event when picked up in person at the box office or Haskell Library.
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.
Leslie Hewitt
Working with photography, sculpture, and site-specific installations, Leslie Hewitt addresses fluid notions of time. Oscillating between the illusionary potential of photography and the physical weight of sculpture, her compositions suggest the porosity between intimate and sociopolitical lives.
A selection of recent and forthcoming exhibitions include the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Studio Museum in Harlem; Artists Space in New York; Project Row Houses in Houston; and LA > < ART in Los Angeles. Hewitt has held residencies at the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University and the American Academy in Berlin, Germany amongst others.
Cinema at L’Alliance New York is made possible by the generous support of BNP Paribas and Air France.
Header Image: The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire
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