July 15, 2009

Evokative Films would like to highlight the Canadian Premiere of BLACK at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival, which will precede its theatrical release. The premiere will take place on July 22nd at 7pm and will be hosted by Lead Actor and French rapper MC Jean Gab’1, Director Pierre Laffargue and Co-producer Lauranne Bourrachot .

Black, a Senegalese bank-robber born and raised in France, is getting over a disastrous heist in which he lost nearly all of his men. He’s seriously thinking of going straight when his cousin Lamine calls him from Dakar: a briefcase full of contraband diamonds has just been deposited in the bank where he works. Thinking this will be an unbelievably easy coup, Black assembles a new gang and quickly flies to Africa. What they haven’t planned, however, is that they are far from being the only ones interested in that briefcase. The corrupt director of the bank, an arm dealer suffering from suppurating psoriasis, a gang of mercenaries from Chechnya and an Interpol agent are also set to get their hands on those diamonds.

After its World Premiere in the Fantastic Fest section of the SXSW Film Festival, this heist film filled with action, peppered with comedy, blaxploitation influences and African mysticism and paced to a funky soundtrack seduced both the audience and critics. A screening at the Seattle International Film Festival followed in June. In August BLACK will be screening at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival and London’s Film4 FrightFest. BLACK was released in French theatres today.

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