2000
Martine Chartrand
Martine Chartrand was born in Montreal, studied the social sciences and the graphic arts at the Collège Ahuntsic, and then the fine arts at Concordia University. She joined officially at the NFB as a colorist. After graduating with a teaching certificate while continuing to work as a designer and illustrator, she directed her first film ( TV Tango , 1992).
Black Soul (2000 ; 09’47) is a poetic film about memory. It is a immersion exhilarating at the heart of black culture through a whirlwind trip through the defining moments of Black history. Then an old lady initiates his grandson to his past, a series of images in a perpetual transformation painted directly under the camera animation is unfolding before our eyes.
