Film/Video

Euzhan Palcy

A Black woman wearing a formal dress stands at a podium with an Oscar statue on it.
Celebrated Martinican filmmaker Euzhan Palcy visits the Wex for the first time.
Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 26, 2025

The Wexner Center for the Arts is honored to welcome accomplished director, screenwriter, and producer Euzhan Palcy to the center for the first time. Throughout her groundbreaking career in film and television, both narrative and documentary, Palcy has centered and examined issues of race and gender, interrogating the history and legacy of colonialism. This illustrious career has led to many firsts: Palcy is the first woman and first Black director to win a César Award (France’s Academy Award) and a Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival, both for Sugar Cane Alley (1983). She is also the first Black woman to have a feature film produced by a Hollywood studio with A Dry White Season (1989). In 2022, Palcy received an Honorary Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Palcy will introduce screenings of her films Sugar Cane Alley and A Dry White Season during her visit.

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Euzhan Palcy receiving an Honorary Academy Award, © AMPAS.

A man in a gray suit stands on a grassy cliff overlooking the ocean, with waves and blue water visible in the background.
past Film/Video

L’île veilleuse (The Vigilant Island) (Euzhan Palcy, 1994)

Mon, Sep 22, 2025
An old woman sewing and a child laying down are in a small room.
past Film/Video

Sugar Cane Alley (Euzhan Palcy, 1983) Euzhan Palcy in person Presented by the Wexner Center for the Arts and The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs

Wed, Sep 24, 2025
A white man and a Black man stand shaking hands in front of a large cactus.
35MM Print
past Film/Video

A Dry White Season (Euzhan Palcy, 1989) Euzhan Palcy in person Presented by the Wexner Center for the Arts and The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs

Fri, Sep 26, 2025