screening - Forum - New York in French2024-03-28T08:40:19Zhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/forum/topics/feed/tag/screeningADIFF Transcultural Dialogues Film Series Presents: The Piroguehttps://newyorkinfrench.net/forum/topics/adiff-transcultural-dialogues-film-series-presents-the-pirogue2022-04-11T13:00:05.000Z2022-04-11T13:00:05.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><p>When a person leaves a country, it is because they are no longer able to resolve their problems with dialogue. As soon as they arrive in another culture, the transcultural dialogue starts. Sometimes it is easy, sometimes it is impossible. The stories in this series explore the multiple dialogues that take place when people arrive in a new culture and new society. Films hailing from Senegal, Tunisia, the USA, Curacao, Cape Verde, Belgium, Morocco, France, Hungary, Serbia and more are part of the program.</p><p> </p><p>Watch <em><strong><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/624191107a7a190071b2f451" target="_blank">THE PIROGUE</a></strong></em></p><p>Baye Laye is the captain of a fishing pirogue. Like many of his Senegalese compatriots, he sometimes dreams of new horizons, where he can earn a better living for his family. When he is offered to lead one of the many pirogues that head towards Europe via the Canary Island, he reluctantly accepts the job, knowing full-well the dangers that lie ahead. Leading a group of 30 men who don't all speak the same language, some of whom have never seen the sea, Baye Laye will confront many perils in order to reach the distant coasts of Europe.</p><p> </p><p><iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/509514035?h=d7e5f07644" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p><p> </p></div>ADIFF Presents: Transcultural Dialogues Film Serieshttps://newyorkinfrench.net/forum/topics/adiff-presents-transcultural-dialogues-film-series2022-04-11T12:55:02.000Z2022-04-11T12:55:02.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><p>The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) - in collaboration with the Office of Diversity and Community Affairs at Teachers College, Columbia university - hosts the Transcultural Dialogues film series featuring 19 films from 20 countries.</p><p>When a person leaves a country, it is because they are no longer able to resolve their problems with dialogue. As soon as they arrive in another culture, the transcultural dialogue starts. Sometimes it is easy, sometimes it is impossible. The stories in this series explore the multiple dialogues that take place when people arrive in a new culture and new society. Films hailing from Senegal, Tunisia, the USA, Curacao, Cape Verde, Belgium, Morocco, France, Hungary, Serbia and more are part of the program.</p><p>Ticket prices will range from $10 for one screening/program to $45 for an <em>a</em><a href="https://tranculturaldialogues.eventive.org/passes/buy" target="_blank"><em>ll-access pass</em>.</a></p><ul><li><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues" target="_blank"><em>BUY TICKETS</em></a></li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>ADIFF TRANSCULTURAL DIALOGUES FILM SERIES AT THE GLANCE: </strong></p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/623da1743c8a8100b931f2ac?mc_cid=7766b05f66&mc_eid=0ee0f1d144" target="_blank"><em><strong>100% Arabica</strong></em></a> by Mahmoud Zemmouri (France, Belgium, Switzerland)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/62419fe79c478600b6ff83d2" target="_blank"><em><strong>As Far As I Can Walk</strong></em></a> by Stefan Arsenijecić (Serbia)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/6242fee153ae6200d0552ce0" target="_blank"><em><strong>Ben and Ara</strong></em> </a>by Nnegest LikkéBlack Dju (USA)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/623db65983ed4100931a6bef" target="_blank"><em><strong>Black Dju</strong></em></a> by Pol Cruchten (Cape Verde, Luxembourg)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/6241915692891100c8899039" target="_blank"><em><strong>Borders</strong></em></a> by Mostefa Djadjam (Algeria, France)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/62419f8598c0cc0036fb441e" target="_blank"><em><strong>The Citizen</strong></em> </a>by Roland Vranik (Hungary)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/623db7a3b3b0e8003dc443ee" target="_blank"><em><strong>Foreign Body</strong></em></a> by Raja Amari (France/Tunisia)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/624410cbf767cb0061cd651e" target="_blank"><em><strong>The Invisible Color: Afro-Cubans</strong></em></a> in Miami by Sergio Giral (USA)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/624189927c384c0062ae14de" target="_blank"><em><strong>Names Live Nowhere</strong></em></a> by Dominique Loreau (Belgium)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/623dafcc5c401000e3b59cc8" target="_blank"><em><strong>Naomi's Journey</strong></em></a> by Frieder Schlaich (Peru / Germany)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/623f53dd45e524071d1042ff" target="_blank"><em><strong>Night of Destiny</strong></em></a> by Abdelkrim Bahloul (France)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/623daf26a0727301a30d6e80" target="_blank"><em><strong>Otomo</strong></em></a> by Frieder Schlaich (Germany)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/62419f2f7be1700055b6357f" target="_blank"><em><strong>Papa's Song</strong></em></a> by Sander Francken (The Netherlands / Curacao)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/624191107a7a190071b2f451" target="_blank"><em><strong>The Pirogue</strong></em></a> by Moussa Touré (Senegal)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/62441889f767cb0061cd6805" target="_blank"><em><strong>Return to Goree</strong></em> </a>by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud (Senegal, Switzerland, France)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/6242ff22fa41320edd9af6eb" target="_blank"><em><strong>Sometimes I Dream In Farsi</strong></em> </a>by Pirooz Kalayeh (USA)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/623db7e4a0727301a30d73fd" target="_blank"><em><strong>The Story of Lovers Rock</strong></em></a> by Menelik Shabazz (UK)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/623dae9b83ed4100931a6479" target="_blank"><em><strong>Tazzeka</strong></em></a> by Jean-Philippe Gaud (Morocco, France)</p><p><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/tranculturaldialogues/play/623db3ea83ed4100931a6b08" target="_blank"><em><strong>Waalo Fendo </strong></em></a>by Mohammed Soudani (Senegal, Switzerland)</p><p> </p><p><iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/696177707?h=716230a0ac" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p></div>For The Causehttps://newyorkinfrench.net/forum/topics/for-the-cause2021-11-22T15:01:01.000Z2021-11-22T15:01:01.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Karim a Palestinian man and Sirine a French Jewish woman have to cross the border separating morocco from Algeria in order to join their band and give a concert in Oran . Because of the absurdity of the rules at the national borders, they find themselves trapped on a bridge in the middle of No Man's Land.</span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><em><span style="font-weight:400;">Directed by Hassan Benjelloun, Morocco, 2020, 93 min, comedy, Arabic and French with English subtitles</span></em></p><p style="text-align:center;"><br /><iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/355815653?h=1aa091a9a1" width="640" height="268" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p></div>Fevers (FESPACO 2015 - Gold Yennenga Stallion)https://newyorkinfrench.net/forum/topics/fevers-fespaco-2015-gold-yennenga-stallion2021-11-22T14:56:35.000Z2021-11-22T14:56:35.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>Fevers</em></strong>, winner of FESPACO - Africa's largest film festival - 2015 grand prize, the Golden Stallion of Yennenga, is a French version of <strong><em>We Need to Talk About Kevin</em></strong> about a disturbed young man raised on foster care who enters his father's Muslim household in the suburbs of Paris and becomes a major source of disruption in the family.</p><p style="text-align:center;">At only thirteen, Benjamin is a little soldier at war with life, adults and with himself. Since the age of five, the troubled kid goes back and forth into foster homes. But when his mother goes to jail and reveals to Benjamin the existence of his father, the young boy is determined to get out of foster care. So when the social worker gives him the choice, he decides to go live at his unknown father's place.</p><p style="text-align:center;"><em><span style="font-weight:400;">Directed by Hicham Ayouch, 2014, France/Morocco/UAE/Qatar, 90 minutes, drama, French with English subtitles.</span></em></p><p style="text-align:center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6YUJsgnVOzI" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p></div>Faraw; Mother Of The Duneshttps://newyorkinfrench.net/forum/topics/faraw-mother-of-the-dunes2021-11-15T13:12:13.000Z2021-11-15T13:12:13.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>Faraw; Mother Of The Dunes (FESPACO 1997 - Winner </em></strong><strong><em>Best Actress: Aminata Ousmane Maïga</em></strong><strong><em>)</em></strong></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Zamiatou is the mother of two quarrelsome boys and a depressed teenage girl. She is also the wife of a man arrested for political reasons who returns from prison mentally and physically destroyed. She struggles hard to survive in a poor and desolate area. She is ready to face anything to keep the family alive except prostituting her beautiful daughter. Her determination will take her far from her family… </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><em><span style="font-weight:400;">Directed by Abbdoulaye Ascofaré, 1997, Mali, 90 minutes, drama, Songhoi with English subtitles</span></em></p><p style="text-align:center;"><br /><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9804002856,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}9804002856,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="374" alt="9804002856?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a></p></div>Daratt/Dry Seasonhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/forum/topics/daratt-dry-season2021-11-15T13:06:58.000Z2021-11-15T13:06:58.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>FESPACO 2007 - Winner: Best Cinematography and Bronze Yennenga Stallion</em></strong></p><p style="text-align:center;">Chad, 2006. The government has granted amnesty to all war criminals. Atim, 16 years old, is given a revolver by his grandfather so that he may kill the man who killed his father... Atim leaves his village for N’djamena, seeking a man he does not know. He quickly locates him: former war criminal Nassara is now married and settled down as the owner of a small bakery... With the firm intention of killing him, Atim gets closer to Nassara under the guise of looking for work, and is hired as an apprentice baker… Intrigued by Atim's attitude toward him, Nassara takes him under his wing and teaches him the secrets of making bread... Over the weeks, a strange relationship evolves between the two. Despite his disgust, Atim seems to recognise in Nassara the father figure he has always needed, while Nassara sees the teenager as a potential son. One day, he suggests adoption…</p><p style="text-align:center;"> </p><p style="text-align:center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZEjbCKpoF7Y" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p></div>Congo, White King, Red Rubber, Black Deathhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/forum/topics/congo-white-king-red-rubber-black-death2021-11-15T13:04:22.000Z2021-11-15T13:04:22.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-weight:400;">This true, astonishing story of what King Leopold II did in the Congo was forgotten for over 50 years. “ Congo:White King, Red Rubber, Black Death” describes how King Leopold II of Belgium turned Congo into its private colony between 1885 and 1908. </span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><em><span style="font-weight:400;">Directed by Peter Bate, Belgium/Congo, 2003, 90min, documentary, French with English subtitles</span></em></p><p style="text-align:center;"><br /><iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/581601531?h=02256f0c31" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p></div>