Annabelle Aventurin, The King is Not My Cousin, 2022

Documentary • 30m • Guadeloupe, France

Annabelle Aventurin (b. 1991, Paris, France; lives in Paris, France)

The author of the book Sunny Karukera, Stranded Guadeloupe (1980), Elzéa Foule Aventurin engages in a series of interviews with her granddaughter in 2017. Together they trace—not without malice—a family history, sailing from one side of the black Atlantic to the other. A history of silences, pride, and revolt.

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Annabelle Aventurin, (n. 1991, Paris, Francia; reside en Paris, Francia)

La autora del libro Sunny Karukera, Stranded Guadeloupe (1980), Elzéa Foule Aventurin, se embarca en una serie de entrevistas con su nieta en 2017. Juntas trazan, con cierta malicia, una historia familiar, navegando de un lado del Atlántico negro al otro. Una historia de silencios, orgullo y revuelta.

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Annabelle Aventurin (Fèt an 1991, nan vil Pari, Frans; L ap viv nan Paris, Frans)

Otè liv Sunny Karukera, Stranded Guadeloupe (1980), Elzéa Foule Aventurin angaje nan yon seri entèvyou ak pitit pitit fi li an 2017. Ansanm yo trase—pa san malis—yon istwa fanmi, kote yo navige soti nan yon bò nan Atlantik nwa a pou ale nan yon lot bò. Yon istwa silans, fyète, ak revòlt.

ANNABELLE AVENTURIN, The King is Not My Cousin, 2022. 16mm and Super 8mm color video, with sound, 30 min., 42 sec. © Annabelle Aventurin. Courtesy of the artist.