Preceded by the film Belleville Beats

Exposing and Abolishing Police Brutality

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Sunday 15 March – 18h00
Preceded by the film Belleville Beats
Espace Pitoëff - Grande Salle
Rue de Carouge 52, 1205 Geneva
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Screening with audio description via Greta application

Black traditions of resistance are central to struggles against police brutality and for racial justice. They have shaped independent inquiries and invite us to imagine what a world without policing might look like.

Radical Black traditions, shaped by resistance to colonialism and slavery, offer a powerful critique of modern punitive institutions. With a focus on Europe and Switzerland, this forum explores two central strands of these struggles for Black lives: on the one hand, independent forms of organising that expose police brutality and deaths at the hands of law enforcement; on the other, the ideas and practices that make it possible to imagine a world without police.

Discussion

Vanessa Eileen Thompson
Professor of Black Studies at Queen's University in Canada (by videoconference)
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Un·e membre du Collectif Afro-Swiss et de la commission Nzoy

Moderators

Noémi Michel
Researcher in Black Critical and Postcolonial Studies
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By Hugo Sobelman

Belleville Beats

Belleville nous verra toujours danser

In the north of Paris, La Perm’ welcomes the teenagers of Belleville as a second home. This community space has become both a refuge and a place of creation for Matthieu, Solo, Kany and their group. Through debates, shared dreams and collective projects, they build a space for resistance in the face of the transformation of their neighbourhood, while preparing Belleville en Vrai, a festival where everything they have sown can finally come to fruition.

International Premiere
Section : Competition - Focus
Country : France
Original language : French
Subtitles : English, French
Duration
87’
Year
2025
Director
Hugo Sobelman
Producers
GoGoGo Films
Petit à Petit Production
Mauvaises Herbes
Editing
Muriel Breton
Sound
Claire Cahu
Rights holder
GoGoGo Films