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Sunday, September 20, 2015

Black Dandy Premiering in South Africa, at FADAFILM.



FADAFIlm in association with VIAD presents the premiere screening of Black Dandy. First screened by CANAL+ TV Channel, March 25, 2015.




Black Dandy
A Film by Laurent Lunetta and Ariel Wizman, (2015)

Date:         1 October 2015.
Time:         18:30 for 19:00

Venue:      FADA Amphitheater, Bunting Road Campus.

The screening of the film forms part of the annual programme convened by the Visual Identities in Art and Design Research Centre, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Johannesburg (VIAD). The programme features the exhibition Hypersampling Identities, Jozi, curated by VIAD in association with Lifestyle and Trend Analyst, Nicola Cooper and VIAD Post-Doctoral Fellow Daniela Goeller. The exhibition opens in the FADA Gallery on Monday evening, 21 September, and runs until 6 October.

Sartists.
About the Film
Since the beginning of 2010, the streets of Brooklyn, Johannesburg, London, and Paris are witnessing the appearance of a new silhouette of young black men, termed the Black Dandies. Mixing European canons with African culture, these men master the codes of vintage and street-wear in order to create original, inspired looks. Grouped in collectives such as the Bronx-based duo, ’Street Etiquette’; the UK-based design team ‘Art Comes First’; and, in the context of Jozi, the ’Sartists’ and ’Khumbula’, these often self-taught, self-styled men compose an international style that interpolates both the world of fashion and the black diaspora.






What makes them so fascinating is the political beauty they produce. According to director Ariel Wizman (Black Dandy 2015), the film pays tribute to the men who fight against the stigma that sometimes comes with being a man who pays special attention to his appearance and style: "The idea was to restore dignity to a global African culture and find a certain conception of independence vis-à-vis white-black codes". 


Khumbula



The film traces the history of the Black Dandy, from the first emancipated slaves in the US, the zoot suits of the Harlem Renaissance, the Congolese Sapeurs who mock dictatorship with their shrill suits, to post-apartheid South African youth who extol black pride with elegance. These men stand out in a history in which an obsession for beautiful clothing comes together in a search for dignity and the art of protesting with style, using the dandy’s signature tools — clothing, gesture, and wit — to break down limiting identity markers. Cited Okayafrica. [O]. Available, accessed September 20, 2015.



Art Comes First


Art Comes First


Pharrell Williams Shows off his Dandy side in fall Chanel Ad Campaign.

Pharrell Williams’ fashion game has taken a considerably haute turn for fall. ‘The Voice’ mentor is featured alongside Cara Delevingne in Chanel’s Austrian-themed Pre-Fall collection. Williams, a Grammy winning producer, has been known to mix up his style game over the years. But in these ads he shows that high fashion for men can be both chic and masculine. Some may view the styles as a bit feminine but it’s nice to see a man embrace his fun and fashionable side. The styles and looks from the collection not only look great on Pharrell, but are sure to garner attention from the not-so-usual purveyors of fashion. But then again, this is the genius of Karl Lagerfeld and the House of Chanel. Cited It’s DIVAD, Accessed September 20, 2015.

About the directors
Laurent Lunetta
Born in 1974, Laurent Lunetta is a French director, journalist and screenwriter. He directed eight documentaries for the French Television channels, Canal + and Arte. For the cinema, he was the co-screenwriter of the Alain Guiraudie’s film, The King of Escape, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. He was the artistic director of the film, Stranger by the Lake (2012), for which he was rewarded at the Cannes Film Festival and at the César’s (the French Oscar Prize).

Ariel Wizman
Born in Casablanca, Ariel Wizman is a French journalist, television presenter, author and producer. First, he hosted a famous radio show in Paris called, La Grosse Boule, that was made into a television production. He was the presenter of many television productions,  including The Apartment, Ciné-Bus and Tentations. Since 1999, he wrote and produced more than 30 cultural documentaries for the French television channels, Arte, Canal + and France 2, most of which have been sold worldwide.


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