BlackStar Film Festival

Press & Industry: Heredity Shorts

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Imparting and transmitting legacy.


Thank you to our screening partner: W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition & Reconstruction.

Vis-à-Vis is a 12-minute experimental narrative short film centered around first-generation painter Moussa and his psyche as he internally grapples with his father’s ailing condition. Sitting with archives, he fleshes out a memory — a day of rare, confined intimacy with his father.

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    13 minutes
  • Language
    English, French, Bambara
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    Philadelphia
  • Genre
    Experimental
  • Director
    Mamadou Yattassaye
  • Screenwriter
    Mamadou Yattassaye
  • Producer
    Jessica Qian
  • Executive Producer
    Camp Studios
  • Cast
    Alex Sanon, Antwon Brooks, Yaya Diawara, Nixon Mckenzie, Diaraye Diallo, Calvin Atieku, Anaïs Lawson, Fatumata Sheriff, Kadialy Toure, Michael Mugerwa, Momodou Lamin Jaata, Minchailou Kanoute, Mantjita Camara
  • Cinematographer
    John Zeng
  • Editor
    Hailey Choi, Mamadou Yattassaye
  • Production Design
    Yige Duan, Zheng Ma, Zoey Kang, Zihao Dong, Christina Wang
  • Composer
    Juan Dussan, Mamadou Yattassaye
  • Sound Design
    Matthew Tammariello, Mamadou Yattassaye
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