Yes We Can, Die neue Schwarze Malerei

documentary, directed by : Marion Schmidt, writing credits : Kwamina Amissah Baiden, Marion Schmidt, produced by : Telekult Film und Medien Produktion, cinematography : Thomas Henkel, Moritz Marz, film editing : Rainer Speidel, sound : Enno Grabenhorst, Maximilien Tebbert, distribution : Amy Sherald, Kehinde Wiley, Henry Taylor, Jerrell Gibbs, Michael Armitage, Serge Attukwei, Terrel Gibbs, Mariane Ibrahim, (2023), 52mn.

February 12th 2018 the Michelle and Barack Obama official portraits made by Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley two African - Americans painters ar highlighted in the National Portrait Gallery at  Washington DC. This event put in front of the stage a new generation of artists appropriating themselves the figurative art with ou without a radical way of doing bringing a new breath to art. Staying out of museums or art gelleries for long time this new generation becomes to be famous all over the world from the Tate Britain to Art Basel. The commentary of the French actress and film director Aïssa Maïga help us understanding better this art where portrait plays an important part. The audience discovers Jerrell Gibbs coming from a Baltimore poor background twisting the cliches about African - American males or Mariane Ibrahim a French and Somalian woman leading an art gallery in Paris where she exhibits some new or well known artists. The documentary underlines also Shannon T. Lewis living in Berlin (Germany) and her way speaking about beauty or Michael Armitage a son of a Brit and a Kenyan woman using East Africa traditions for doing art.