After 14 years of living in Belgium, Dorrie explains the unique sort of racism she's experienced in Brussels. The expats tales of feeling invisible are another reminder that white supremacy feels similar across the globe, though Dorrie underscores that the scope of mistreatment she's seen in Europe is beyond what she's experienced elsewhere.
FilmmakerCecile Emeke has consistently explored experiences of the Black diaspora in Europe through her "Strolling" series. She has now taken the series to America to explore Black American culture.
In the latest edition of Cecile Emeke's interview series, Strolling, she follows Bellamy and Loretta in Milan as they discuss the trials of being children of African immigrants in Italy. Bellamy explains, "They do everything to delay the acceptance of me being Italian."
Cecile Emeke is most known for her two webseries strolling and Ackee & Saltfish. But Emeke always seems to be working on something new. In one of her latest projects ‘Lines,’ which was a collaboration with Dazed & Confused, the filmmaker asks, “What’s really in a song?” She asks this question to Black women who dissect lyrics from Missy Elliott’s ‘Work It’ and Destiny’s Child’s ‘Nasty Gal’ among other once popular songs that still have a place in pop culture today.
Of the Destiny’s Child hit, women discuss the difference in how they felt listening to the song in their adolescence versus now as an adult. They note the sense of respectability politics in the lyrics. Tune into their discussion in the video below.
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We're huge fans of writer/director Cecile Emeke. The Black British filmmaker's new webseries "ackee & saltfish," based on her short film of the same name, is an absolute scream.
