Euzhan Palcy is a film director, writer and producer from Martinique. Her films are known to explore themes of race, gender, and politics, with an emphasis on the perpetuated effects of colonialism. Palcy’s first feature film Sugar Cane Alley (1983) received numerous awards including the César Award for Best First Feature Film. In 1989, she directed A Dry White Season (1989), becoming the first black female director to have a film produced by a major Hollywood studio, that being by MGM. In 1992 she directed the independent film Siméon (1992).