{"id":19511,"date":"2025-02-27T14:59:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T13:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africalia.be\/?p=19511"},"modified":"2025-02-27T14:59:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T13:59:42","slug":"roots-and-plates-premiere-to-a-full-house-in-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/africalia.be\/en\/lavant-premiere-de-roots-and-plates-fait-salle-comble-a-bruxelles\/","title":{"rendered":"Avant-premi\u00e8re of \u2018Roots and Plates\u2019 draws a full theatre in Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The avant-premi\u00e8re of Will Anderson's first documentary was a great success at the Cin\u00e9ma Palace in Brussels on 17 February. \u2018Roots and Plates: A Story Of Afro Food In Belgium\u2019 follows Brussels social entrepreneur Roger Dushime, a culinary content creator specialising in Afro-descendant cuisines. The documentary project has received support from Africalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discovering Afro-descendant cuisines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With \u2018Roots and Plates: A Story Of Afro Food In Belgium\u2019, directed by Will Anderson with Mila Jones as sound recordist, Underdogs Creative Agency ASBL has produced its first documentary film. In the film, Roger Dushime gets to meet with some twenty people from the world of Afro Food in francophone Belgium. Each in their own way, they offer their perspective on the history and evolution of Afro-descendant cuisines. The film offers a unique perspective on Afro-Belgian identities through the lens of food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">The documentary falls within the framework of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/decade-people-african-descent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">International Decade for People of African Descent (2015-2024)<\/a>, proclaimed by the UN. Africalia's multi-annual programme for Belgium supported the project through its support for Afro-descendant cultural operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A great success<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The preview on 17 February was a great success. In the presence of the creators and participants in the documentary, a packed theatre (re)discovered Afro-descendant cuisines and the stories behind them. The next screenings of \u2018Roots and Plates: A Story Of Afro Food In Belgium\u2019 will be announced by Underdogs Creative Agency ASBL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"19512\" src=\"https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Roots-and-Plates-affiche-avant-premiere-721x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Roots-and-Plates-affiche-avant-premiere-721x1024.jpg 721w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Roots-and-Plates-affiche-avant-premiere-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Roots-and-Plates-affiche-avant-premiere-768x1091.jpg 768w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Roots-and-Plates-affiche-avant-premiere-1082x1536.jpg 1082w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Roots-and-Plates-affiche-avant-premiere-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Roots-and-Plates-affiche-avant-premiere-600x852.jpg 600w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Roots-and-Plates-affiche-avant-premiere.jpg 1352w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le 17 f\u00e9vrier, l\u2019avant-premi\u00e8re du premier documentaire de Will Anderson a connu un grand succ\u00e8s au Cin\u00e9ma Palace \u00e0 Bruxelles. \u00ab\u00a0Roots and Plates : A Story Of Afro Food In Belgium\u00a0\u00bb suit l\u2019entrepreneur social bruxellois Roger Dushime, cr\u00e9ateur de contenu culinaire sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9 dans les cuisines afrodescendantes. Le projet de documentaire a b\u00e9n\u00e9fici\u00e9 du soutien d\u2019Africalia. 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