05 October 2019 Factual 140 mins
Reflecting on the legacy of Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture, "Ouvertures" follows a collective’s process of translating Édouard Glissant’s play Monsieur Toussaint from French to Creole.
Watch the official Ouvertures 2019 trailer in HD below.
Germany 21 February 2020
United Kingdom 05 October 2019
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