A Little Blackman from the Congo (2026)

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South African filmmaker Tshililo waha Muzila walks the Camino de Santiago in an orange life jacket, exposing Europe’s migrant crisis while reflecting on colonial legacies shaping Black identity across continents.

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00:00What is your name?

00:02Papi negro.

00:04Papi negro.

00:05Papi negro.

00:06Papi negro.

00:07Negro papi.

00:07Yes.

00:09And Dekalo is not negro.

00:11No.

00:11No negro?

00:12No negro.

00:15You are denying yourself my boy.

00:31Why are Africans dying in the sea, everywhere, and there is nothing being done?

00:36A hundred.

00:40No.

00:41No.

00:43No.

00:44No.

00:47No.

00:48No.

00:50No.

00:51No.

00:53No.

00:54No.

01:04No.

01:14I have separated my self from Negrito del Congo, and as a result, no different from a negro

01:21that has been denying his blackness.

01:24I found a black boyfriend, and for my surprise,

01:28my friend said, oh, you brought a negrito.

01:36I'm gonna get a life jacket to symbolize the walk

01:40that the immigrants are taking without life jackets

01:42and dying by the sea.

01:44Tendríamos que salir todos por las calles a chillar.

01:47No más muertos, no más muertos, no más muertos.

01:58KNOCKER

01:58T Spring

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