Black Speaks Back

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Black Speaks Back

Belgo-Dutch platform for Black narratives. De Belgische en Nederlandse Afro-diaspora spreekt terug!

Black speaks Back (BsB) is een project dat de uiteenlopende vraagstukken bespreekbaar wilt maken die de Afrikaanse diaspora in de lage landen aangaan. BsB wil de pluraliteit tussen zwarte Belgen en Nederlanders tonen door beeldvormingen en stereotypen te deconstrueren. Dit gebeurt in de vorm van korte afleveringen waarbij verschillende Afro Nederlanders en Belgen met elkaar in gesprek gaan over hedendaagse issues, maar ook via spoken word en unieke portretten.

22/10/2025

4 awards and a special mention! 🖤
It’s been almost two years since Zwarte Ibis was released, and we never dreamed it would move people around the world the way it has.

We’re beyond proud to share that we’ve won:
🏆 Best Cinematography (huge shoutout to our DOP )
🏆 Best Experimental Film
🏆 Best First-Time Filmmaker (big love to .jeanette)
🏆 The Innovation Award at the CaribbeanTales International Film Festival
✨ And a Special Mention at the Black International Cinema Berlin.

Endless gratitude to our amazing team and everyone who’s supported this journey. 💫

04/07/2025

Taking a breather 🌿 We're offline for a bit to connect with people and causes AFK.

13/06/2025

🇨🇩 Dipanda 2025 in Amsterdam: 65 jaar onafhankelijkheid en 100 jaar Lumumba.

Op 30 juni vieren we de Congolese onafhankelijkheidsstrijd, en brengen kunstenaars, denkers en activisten via talks, muziek, film en performance de erfenis van Lumumba tot leven in Amsterdam! We vieren, herdenken en leren. Doe je mee?

Evenementenoverzicht:
26 juni: Live podcast bij over de impact van onafhankelijkheid op jonge creatives van Congolese afkomst. Met o.a. .kabamba, .island en

28 juni: If You Are a Big Tree #2: Indépendance Cha Cha met film, live muziek en Congolese soul food bij , met , en .nl

29 juni: Boekpresentatie Lumumba’s Droom bij , met muziek, voordracht en gesprek. Featuring o.a. en

2 juli: Speciale filmvertoning van Lumumba: The Return of a Hero bij , gecureerd door , met introductie door Sibo Rugwiza Kanobana.

01/06/2025

Apparently, our little film is doing big things! 😅
Big love to the Black International Cinema Berlin team for the special acknowledgment we totally forgot to post (fashionably late is still fabulous, right?). 💅🏾

And the journey continues... so swipe for upcoming screenings

First stop: Trinidad & Tobago! 🇹🇹 🌴

13/05/2025

A gathering around film, food, and music to honor the joy of community.

For this first edition, the celebration centers on the rich culture of Jamaica’s reggae scene, featuring Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock, Ital cuisine and, of course, the irresistible pull of sweet, sweet reggae music.

Don't miss it! Tickets via www.felixmeritis.nl

21/04/2025

Are you ready for our Black Study Gathering?
✨ Meet the facilitators who’ll be guiding you through the weekend of 10 and 11 May.

This Black Study workshop was first initiated by Lukas Ziel (they/them), and comes to life in collaboration with Black Speaks Back, a grassroots media collective dedicated to amplifying Black narratives in experimental ways.

We’re gathering at Metro54, joined by Saffa Khalil (she/her) and Oda-Kange Midvåge Diallo (she/her).

About the facilitators:

* Lukas Ziel (.tired.arsonist_) as an independent scholar, writer, and poet with roots in sociology and aesthetic philosophy. Their work explores Blackness through a sociopoetic of performance and fugitivity, engaging with abject socialities.

* Saffa Khalil () is an archivist and interdisciplinary researcher. Her practice weaves together Black radical traditions and sonic practices to build alternative archives that hold, sustain, and honor Black knowledge production.

* Oda-Kange Midvåge Diallo, PhD () is a researcher and facilitator of Black Study — a non-disciplinary, collective, and embodied approach to knowledge-making within Black diaspora communities in Europe. As a Fulani-Norwegian-Dane, she navigates and critiques the material legacies of Nordic colonialisms and the nation-state.

Join us in study. Sign up via link in bio.
More soon ✨

10/04/2025

What does it mean to refuse? Not as withdrawal or silence, but as a deliberate act. Refusal as a method. As practice. As a way of thinking and living that pushes against systems of control.

This workshop is an invitation to study together, to join in Black Study. To sit with theory that emerges from Black Life, Black Death, and Black Struggle. We’ll spend two days reading, listening, discussing, and making sense of Refusal as a political and personal practice.

Rooted in the Black Radical Tradition, we’ll explore how Black Study helps us understand the world and act within it. We’ll read and think with writers like Audre Lorde, Fred Moten, and Tina Campt. The aim is not just to understand the texts, but to ask what they do, and what they ask of us.

📅 10 and 11 May 2025 from 10:00 until 16:00
💰 Free registration, limited place!
📍 Metro 54, Westerdoksdijk 597, 1013 BX Amsterdam

REGISTER VIA LINK IN BIO!

Hosted at and initiated by .tired.arsonist_ , this program is brought to you by Black Speaks Back: a grassroots media collective and platform dedicated to amplifying Black narratives in experimental ways. BSB facilitates discussion, conducts art-based research, and produces poetic short films.

16/03/2025

It’s been a while… but we’re back with amazing news!

Zwarte Ibis is still making its rounds across film festivals worldwide, and it just won its third award!🏆This time, our director Emma-Lee Amponsah received recognition as Best First Filmmaker at the Silicon Valley Q***r Film Festival for her directorial debut. ✨️

And that’s not all. New screening dates are coming up! Check slide two for details on upcoming showings in the Netherlands, Curaçao, Nigeria, Gambia, and Canada. 🇳🇱🇨🇼🇳🇬🇬🇲🇨🇦 Don’t miss your chance to catch it! 🎟️

26/11/2024

Thank you, Antwerp! 🇧🇪❤️‍🔥

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24/10/2024

🗣We are beyond thrilled to announce that we have just won the Best Experimental Film award at the Afrofuturist Femmes Film Festival in Washington DC! 🎬 This is our second award y'allll. We are so honored that our film resonates and is being recognized by an African and African diasporic audience. 🤲🏾💫

And that’s not all! We have several new screening moments coming up this year, with confirmed locations including Berlin, Warsaw, Luanda, and Harlem! 🎥 Stay tuned for more details.

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http://www.blackspeaksback.com/

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