Hommage A'Noir

Ralf Schmerberg's award-winning documentary "Hommage A Noir" is a beautiful journey through the African continent, a bow to its people and cultures and an intense confrontation with a "third world." Presented as "a living black and white photo gallery" and accompanied by a stunning electronic score by Ralf Hildenbeutel, "Hommage A Noir" is a remarkable film without plot or dialogue, a filmed poem which shows thepeople of Africa, their dignity and their pride--capturing a time set between traditional rituals and modern everyday life, between palaces and simple huts.