Sunday, July 30, 2017 (5)

Jul 30, 2017
June 1, 2017
Thursday
  • FILMS ON THE GREEN FESTIVAL 2017

  • Jun 1, 2017 to Sep 7, 2017
  • Location: NYC Parks
  • Description:

    This year marks the 10th anniversary of Films on the Green, the free outdoor French film festival produced annually in New York City parks.

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    In its landmark 10th year, Films on the Green will present French cinema through the eyes of 10 guest curators and some of the most creative and compelling filmmakers, actors, and artists of our time: Wes Anderson, Jim Jarmusch, James Ivory, Saul Williams, Isabella Rossellini, Wanda Sykes, Laurie Anderson, Matthew Weiner, Matías Piñeiro, and Amy Hargreaves.

     

    #FilmsontheGreen
    Free and open to the public | Films in French with subtitles
    Music by WNYU and WHCS DJs prior to the screenings!

    More info: http://frenchculture.org/film-tv-and-new-media/festivals/films-green-2017

  • Created by: Nathalie Charles
July 7, 2017
Friday
  • Grants available for francophone highschoolers

  • Jul 7, 2017 to Jul 31, 2017
  • Location: On line.
  • Description:

    "Through its outreach program, the French Church of Saint Esprit in New York provides scholarships of $1,000 to students seeking financial assistance to attend an accredited higher-education program of their choice. 

    Applicants will be required, in good faith, to answer a multiple choice test and to write two 300 word essays, one in French, and the other in English. This competition is open to any francophone student from 16 to 24 years old between July 1 and September 30 of the year of the application and resident in the United States and enrolled full time in an Institute of higher education for at least a semester. Entries can be submitted online from July 1st to July 31st EST.

    More information and guidelines available on http://stespritnyc.org (in the About Us>Scholarship Program section)."

  • Created by: Philippe
July 20, 2017
Thursday
  • THE MIDWIFE

  • Jul 20, 2017 to Aug 25, 2017
  • Location: Paris Theatre, Angelika Film Center
  • Description:

    Music Box Films is proud to announce the release of THE MIDWIFE, starring Catherine Deneuve and Catherine Frot in their first on screen appearance together in a moving drama about unlikely friendships, forgiveness, and the need for change, written specifically for them by director Martin Provost (Séraphine, Violette). THE MIDWIFE is scheduled to open in New York on Friday, July 14 (Paris Theatre and Angelika Film Center) followed by a national roll out.

    Claire (Catherine Frot-Marguerite) is a talented but tightly wound midwife and single mother on the cusp of losing her job as her small maternity clinic can’t compete with the nearby big hospital.  Béatrice (Catherine Deneuve), is the estranged, free-spirited but broken-down mistress of Claire’s deceased father looking for redemption.  Though polar opposites in almost every way, the two women come to rely on each other to cope with the unusual circumstances that brings them together.  

    Writer-director Martin Provost began his career a

  • Created by: Aimee Morris
July 26, 2017
Wednesday
  • Fuck la vie d'artiste

  • Jul 26, 2017 at 4:00pm to Jul 30, 2017 at 10:00am
  • Location: Midtown
  • Description:

    ECCENTRIC THEATER COMPANY PRESENTS

    Eccentric Theater Company Presents:

    Fuck la vie d’artiste

    A play by Georgette Kelly

    Directed by Chelsea Anderson-Long

    With Nayib Felix, Hannah Karpenko, and Mouna R'miki

    July 26-30

    Theater 54 @ Shetler Studios

    Use code 'BASTILLEDAY' for $5 off your ticket.
     
     
    What does it mean when your own country sees you as an outsider? France, 2005: Zenab is an aspiring French-Moroccan artist, stuck giving tours of the room where Vincent Van Gogh died. When Vincent’s ghost begins to speak to her, she finds herself torn between her art and Avery, the American woman she’s fallen in love with. Meanwhile, riots explode near Paris after two young men of color are killed in a police chase. Zenab joins the riots, easel in hand, to paint her own version of France—one that digs deeper than the postcard-perfect veneer sold to tourists. Based on the true story of Bouna Traoré, 15 and Zyed Benna, 17, whose deaths inspired weeks of sustained r
  • Created by: Chelsea Anderson-Long
July 28, 2017
Friday
  • Black Europe Film Series

  • Jul 28, 2017 at 3:00pm to Jul 30, 2017 at 6:00pm
  • Location: Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Description:

    Black people have been residing in European countries for a long time. According to the Afro-Europe web site “it is generally known that during the Muslim era of the Iberian Peninsula (from the 8th century AD until the 15th century AD) people with dark skin were part of daily life [in Europe].”  The Afro-Europe website is rich in information about the African presence in Europe dating back to the 13th century.

    The Afro-European film production is as rich and complex as the populations it depicts. Stories explore the colonial past of Europe as well as other historic moments that marked the arrival and presence of Black people on the old continent.

    In contemporary Europe, Afro-Europeans are more and more present at many levels of society. From police officers, transportation employees up to ministers and members of political parties, Afro-Europeans have gained in visibility and power. 

    How do these men and women of color live in Europe today? This is an intriguing question with perhaps mult

  • Created by: NY ADIFF