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Silence is a scream

This video in homage to Amilcar Cabral plunges us into the world of the peasantry, giving voice to women farmers, physical and metaphysical pillars of a society in tatters. It was shot in Alawogbé (village located 58 km from Lomé), during the Covid 19 pandemic. This health crisis made us aware of the link that exists between our cities and our villages.

  • Elom KHAUNBIOW
    Director
  • Elom KHAUNBIOW
    Writer
  • Elom KHAUNBIOW
    Producer
  • Dodo Adogli
    Image and Post-production
  • Dodo Adogli
    Sound
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Le silence est un cri
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    26 minutes
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Togo
  • Country of Filming:
    Togo
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Elom KHAUNBIOW

Elom Khaunbiow alias Elom 20ce is the CEO of Independent Togolese Music label Asrafo Records. He also organizes and facilitates the ARCTIVISM series which places notable African social activists and those of the African diaspora in the focal limelight, while engaging in discourse and musical performances providing an artistic platform for social conscious activists in the capital city. Elom 20ce is a « knocker of invisible » : thinker, panafrican activist, poet, rapper, performer, designer and filmmaker.
Discography
• 2020 – Améwuga • 2015 – Indigo • 2012 – Analgézik • 2010 - Légitime Défense
Filmography
 Documentaries : • 2021 - La mémoire du sang (24 min) • 2020 – Le silence est un cri (26 min) • 2019 – Aux Impossibles Imminents (78 min)
 Video Clips - Fictions : • 2021 – Le fardeau de ma lumière (5 min) • 2020 – Amewuga (6 min) • 2020 - Poings d’interrogation (5 min)
Selected Performances & Exhibitions
2021 “AMEWUGA” avec Anani Akpamagbo, Juvencio Ayivi, Emerson Lawson, Hôtel Onomo, Lomé, Togo.
2020 -“AMEWUGA” avec Juvencio Ayivi & Emerson Lawson, Manufacture 111, Paris, France.
• “LE SILENCE EST UN CRI” avec Emerson Lawson, Hôtel de la Paix, Lomé, Togo.
• “Readings From Below”, Times Art Center, Berlin, Germany.
• “China ⇄ Afrique: Crossing The World Colour Line”, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
2019 - “Lome +”, Palais de Lomé, Lomé, Togo.
• “RÉVOLUTION 1/365 - avec Dalila Dalléas Bouzar”, Musée des civilisations noires, Dakar, Sénégal
2018 “Poetry Meets Hip Hop”, Berlin, Germany.
“Festa 2H”, Dakar, Sénégal.
“Afropunk”, Dakar, Sénégal.
“Yoyotinz Festival”, Accra, Ghana.
2017 - “Extra! Festival Des Littératures Hors Du Livre”, Center Pompidou, Paris, France.
“Voice4Thought Festival”, Leiden, Netherlands.
2016 - “PERFORMANCE - INNER PAST avec Dalila Dalléas Bouzar”, Galerie Cécile Fakhoury, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
“HATIKPALA” avec Anani Akpamagbo, Institut Français du Togo, Lomé, Togo.
Award
2020 “1er Prix Documentaire: AUX IMPOSSIBLES IMMINENTS”, 7è édition du festival Emergence.

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