Screening of the film La Vieille Quimboiseuse et le Majordome, by Julius-Amédée Laou | Activity

This film, directed by Julius-Amédée Laou, is part of a body of work connecting cinema with the cultures and memories of the Caribbean. Introduction by Elvira Dyangani Ose, director of MACBA and co-curator of Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica.

Eugénie and Armand, an elderly couple who were part of the wave of post-war immigration from Martinique, have been living in Paris since 1921. Eugénie, a former dancer with Josephine Baker’s La Révue nègreyou have become a professional quimboiseuse (a practitioner of black magic) for a white clientele. Armand, previously a domestic servant, is retired. During one last walk through the city, they face up to their past and their stifled dreams.

This activity is part of the audiovisual series Visions of Panafricawhich expands the imaginaries of the exhibition Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica. Activity in collaboration with the buzzing.

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MACBA Thirty

We celebrate Year Thirty of an infinite MACBA that projects the future as a space for review and possibility: of taking up what was left unfinished, updating what needs it and projecting anew everything that can still be transformed.

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From 6 November 2025 to 6 April 2026

Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica