Film: Dessert for Constance + Q&A

Join us for a screening of Dir: Sarah Maldoror's Dessert for Constance in collaboration with Brixton Community Cinema

In the 70's, Bokolo and Mamadou are Senegalese street sweepers in the city of Paris, looking for a way to pay for the return home of one of their sick comrades. After stumbling upon a 19th-century cookbook they decide to enter a cooking competition. The two cleaners-turned-chefs proceed to expose the pretentious pomp of French cuisine – as well as the industry’s racism and classicism. 

In a film that could easily have been heavy, Maldoror uses comedy to combat racist stereotypes in this charming portrait of solidarity and triumph, while never shying away from showing the harsh realities of the immigrant experience.

Dir: Sarah Maldoror

Length: 1h 1m

Host or Publisher Migration Collective