Toni Morrison, Black Matter(s)

First black woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993 for having, according to the Academy, "given their history back to African Americans piece by piece", Toni Morrison has not ceased for 50 years to denounce the hold of the "color line" on American society.

In 1984, her novel "Beloved" was an explosion in the literary landscape. For the first time, a black author dared to speak about the foundations of American society: slavery.

In this pamphlet book, Toni Morrison brings down the masks of an amnesic America, which conceals and represses violence against minorities. It is a transformative experience for the writer, and for an entire generation: « It wasn't so much a question of recreating a new identity, but rather of completing the process of becoming myself. By going back to my origins, by naming the horror of those past centuries. ». Thanks to "Beloved", other African-American voices will rise in her wake. Through this seminal work and the stories of writers, activists and historians, the film explores the resonance of Toni Morrison's work in today's America.