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The Inheritance wins Grand Prize at Cinema du Reel Paris

Ephraim Asili's EMPAC-produced film wins Paris film festivals top award
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The Inheritance, Ephraim Asili's EMPAC-commissioned and produced film won the Grand Prize at Paris film festival Cinema du Reel on March 20, 2021. 

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For its cinematographic power, its historical relevance to the dark hours of the America of yesterday and today, History writ large with an axe and bombardment, against a backdrop of racial domination… This film is a cinematographic deflagration based on reconstitution, humour and the transmission of  sufferings… A film on the story of the vanquished who do not see themselves as victims but as full-fledged actors of the film and of History. A throb of energy to build tomorrow’s World.

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Main Image: Production still from The Inheritance, 2019. Courtesy the artist / EMPAC.