Interview: Chantel Clark – Wit Gesigte (Pale Faces) | 2019 January Screenwriters Lab

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Among those selected to take part in the Sundance Institute January Screenwriters Lab we find Chantel Clark who brought Wit Gesigte (Pale Faces) to the Sundance Mountain Resort just prior to the launch of the 2019 edition of Sundance. A South African director and screenwriter based in New York City, she is a recent MFA graduate of the Film Program at Columbia University.

Pale Faces is set in the late 18th century, in the Dutch Cape Colony, the brilliant and rebellious daughter of an exiled Imam hopes to escape her father’s shadow when she is enlisted by a freed slave to teach a mysterious Dutch officer’s children. At his remote estate, the dark secrets underlying the power of the colonial occupation begin to unravel. Here is a quick chat with Chantel Clark during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022, he was a New Flesh Juror for Best First Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival. His top films for 2023 include The Zone of Interest (Glazer), Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Pham Thien An), Totem (Lila Avilés), La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher), All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson). He is a Golden Globes Voter.

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