This fascinating piece of cinema verité from 1969, which remains entirely relevant today, captures a training session in which white supervisors and unemployed Black men attempt to better understand each other through role-play and reenacted situations.

Writers, artists, and performers from Africa and the African diaspora came together in Dakar for the first time in 1966 to celebrate the diversity of Black art. This official film of the festival is both a historical document and an expression of Black consciousness.