EVENT DETAILS

Francophone Film Screenings - March

ALL SCREENINGS:

Humanities Gateway 1070
6 – 9 PM
Admission is free

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March 4th
La graine et le mulet (2007)

by Director Abdellatif Kechiche

The family of a 60-year-old disillusioned shipyard worker rallies round to help him realize his dream of setting up a Couscous restaurant.  The film stars Habib Boufares as an aging immigrant from the Maghreb whose ambition to establish a successful restaurant as an inheritance for his large and disparate family meets sceptical opposition from the French

Presented by Jesus Guadarrama

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March 11th
Bamako (2006)

by Director Abderrahmane Sissako

Mele is a lounge singer married to Chaka, though their relationship is on the verge of collapse. In their eyes, the African continent isn't in much better shape than their marriage, and one day a makeshift courtroom appears in the courtyard near their shabby home. In the courtyard, a handful of powerful international organizations, such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, are put on trial for their crippling effect on the African economy bureaucracy.

Presented by Odile Heberlé