Screening & Discussion of Claude McKay: From Harlem to Marseille

Matthieu Verdeil, 2021, 80 min. In French and English with English subtitles

Q&A with director Matthieu Verdeil and Brent Edwards

A thrilling journey in the 1920s, from Marseille to Harlem, via Jamaica, Russia, and Morocco, in the footsteps of the Jamaican-American writer Claude McKay.

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Rebellious figure of the Harlem Renaissance, precursor of literature and of the black cause, this unclassifiable author wandered for more than 10 years in Europe, frequenting the artistic and political avant-gardes.

Watch the trailer here.