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The acclaimed director on her new film "White Material," set in a white-owned coffee plantation surrounded by civil war.
With “White Material,” director Claire Denis goes back to Africa, where she was raised and where, over 20 years ago, she located her first film, “Chocolat.” Set in an unnamed country on the verge of civil war, “White Material” follows Maria (Isabelle Huppert), the manager of a coffee plantation, as she struggles to pull together a harvest despite signs of impending violence and chaos around her.
IFC’s Alison Willmore sat down with Denis at the New York Film Festival, where “White Material” had its U.S. premiere.
Tags: africa, Chocolat, Claire Denis, French film, Isabelle Huppert, New York Film Festival 2009, Videos, White Material
