The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Who Lived...
Benjamin Deboosere
Fiction : 75’ / Avantgarde, Gender Studies, Post-colonialism, Violence

"The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Who Lived for Twenty and Eight Years All Alone on an Inhabited Island and Said It Was His" is not just an adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. Rather, it addresses the larger cultural myth that has grown from the premise of the book: a white man ‘civilizing’ indigenous inhabitants of an island, and claiming the territory as his own property. In a time today when the call to decolonize the artworld and its associated institutions has never been more urgent, Deboosere’s cinematic intervention resonates with a large body of work seeking to destabilize and replace the ideology of imperialism. The result is a singular, subversive film, satirical and surprisingly charming at the same time, which makes sure to pay just as much attention to animals and the natural world as to the follies of human constructed ‘anthropocene’ history.

/ EXHIBITION

Lisboa
September 29 | 18h30 | Cinema São Jorge - Sala 3 Buy Tickets
Queer Art Competition
https://www.untitledproduction.be

/ Details

Year: 2023

Country: Belgium

Language: dutch, english and dutch sign language

Subtitles: english

With: Oriana Ikomo, Bernice Leming, Blanche Pembe

/ Direction

Benjamin Deboosere

Belgium


Benjamin Deboosere (1984, Brussels) makes socio-political work with a playful approach. Their films have been shown at various international film festivals as Tallinn Black Nights (BNFF), Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Africadoc Bénin, Festival du Film Documentaire de Saint-Louis, Message to man, Brussels Art Film Festival, Achtung Berlin among others. Their first fiction short Of Not Such Great Importance won the Kryzstof Szot Award at the Lublin Film Festival 2019 (PL), the Jury and Audience Award at Ongezien Kort 2020 (BE) & Best Short Film Award at Working Title Film Festival 2020 (IT).


Filmography

2023 - The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Who Lived for Twenty and Eight Years All Alone on an Inhabited Island and Said It Was His (Feature Film)
2021 - Das muss man erst mal aussprechen können (Short Film)
2019 - Of Not Such Great Importance (Short Film)
2015 - Blue Birth (Documentary)

 

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