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Louverture Films develops, produces and executive produces independently financed feature and documentary films. These include:
In Release
BAMAKO
Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
BAMAKO in Philip French's Top 50 Films of Last Five Decades
Feature film set in the traditional courtyard of an African home, in which a very non-traditional tribunal is taking place - offering an opportunity for ordinary Africans to face the representatives of the international financial institutions that supposedly exist to eradicate poverty. The court-within-the-courtyard tries the case of Globalization.
AFRICA UNITE
Directed by Stephanie Black
http://www.bobmarley.com/africaunite/
Feature documentary that celebrates the life of Bob Marley and highlights the vision for African unity that he was devoted to throughout his music career. Focusing on youth empowerment and important issues confronting Africans at home and across the Diaspora, the film presents an inspiring tribute - both musically and substantively - to a man who defined his own aim as "spreading the message of unity and equality to end the needless suffering of mankind."
Coming Soon
TROUBLE THE WATER
Directed by Tia Lessin & Carl Deal
Winner Grand Jury Award, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
"One of the best American documentaries in recent memory."
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
http://www.troublethewaterfilm.com/
Armed with a video camera, an aspiring rap artist and her streetwise husband show what survival is all about when they are trapped in New Orleans by the deadly Katrina floodwaters, and seize a chance for a new beginning.
SALT OF THIS SEA (Milh Hadha Al-Bahr)
Directed by Annemarie Jacir
Official Selection 2008 Cannes International Film Festival - Un Certain Regard
A romantic Bonnie & Clyde style drama about a Palestinian-American woman's experiences during her return home.
In Production
SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION
Directed by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman
Feature documentary showcasing some of America’s top contemporary musicians as they perform new and vibrant renditions of the Civil Rights Movement’s freedom songs – songs originally sung by civil rights protesters in mass meetings, on picket lines, in paddy wagons, and in jail cells throughout the American South. These songs literally provided the soundtrack for a revolution that forever impacted American society.
In Prep or Development
TOUTI in Harlem
Directed by John Akomfrah
A music-driven comedy about an African woman who moves to Harlem and finds her voice.
TOUSSAINT
Directed by Danny Glover
Action epic, based on the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) and the life of Toussaint Louverture, who led one of the only successful slave uprisings in history, successively defeated the French, Spanish and British imperial armies, followed by Napoleon Bonaparte, and established the first independent black Republic: Haiti.
The Making of TOUSSAINT
Directed by Michèle Stephenson & Joe Brewster
Documentary film about the making of TOUSSAINT, situating the places and events in the feature film within historical and current Haitian realities. Examines past efforts to tell the story and includes in-depth interviews with the director, actors, writers and producers of TOUSSAINT, as well as experts in various fields pertaining to Haitian history.
Einstein/Robeson Project
As yet untitled feature film about the enduring friendship and shared activism of world-renown scholar, actor, athlete and singer Paul Robeson and the world's most famous scientist, Albert Einstein.
Now in DVD
BAMAKO
Now available in DVD from New Yorker Films
http://www.newyorkerfilms.com/nyf/video_dvd/nr_d.htm
AFRICA UNITE
Now available in DVD from Palm Pictures
http://www.palmpictures.com/film/africa-unite-.php