I have 6 tickets for the sold out showing of Phantom Boy, March 19 at 5:45PM. $13 each
http://nyicff.org/tickets/?event_id=6454465
for information please email amb49@columbia.edu
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Join us on Saturday, May 10 from 11AM to 5PM at PS 84 on W. 92nd Street and Central Park West. PS84 is an elementary school on the UWS with a fabulous French/English Dual Language program. The International Spring Fair will benefit the P.S. 84 PTA's school programs and will be held in the P.S. 84 playground and inside in the event of rain. Activities will include a giant slide, a bouncy castle and inflatable obstacle course, face painting, games and crafts. French magazines will be available for sale. There will also be musical performances and lots of great food, including crepes and other dishes that reflect our international student body.
Seeking 1st Grade Teacher (First Grade Teacher) for Dual Language French English Program
PS 84, a public school on Manhattan's UWS is looking to recruit a teacher for a French-English dual language 1st grade class now. Our school follows a self-contained dual language model. Each week lessons are taught in French two and half days and in English two and half days to the same group of students. We are a vibrant community of
students, educators and parents dedicated to multicultural education.
Requirements to apply:
4 years of college level education
“In Status” working permit
Prior experience in Early Childhood Education.
Accreditation in Early Childhood Education and Dual Language from NYC Department of Education.
Email your resume to the French Dual Language Parent Group:
And send a hard copy to Principal Robin Sundick
PS 84 Lillian Weber School for the Arts
32 W.92nd Street
New York, NY 10025
Attn: French DL Teacher Search
The Institute of African American Affairs at New York University presents the Algerian Film Festival co-sponsored by NYU’s departments of Cinema Studies and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies; African Film Festival, Inc.; and with the support of the Algerian Embassy in DC, and General Consulate in NY
March 7-12, 2013
SCHEDULE
Thursday, March 7
Location: Cinema Studies Dept-Tisch-NYU
721 Broadway, 6th floor Michelson Theater
6:00 pm
PANEL – Algeria : Fifty-five Years of Film Production
Participants: Manthia Diawara, Ahmed Bedjaoui
FILMS:
7:00 pm
Le Hublot (2012 / Drama / 20 min)
Director: Anis Djaad
Cloistered in a town on the outskirts, Adel and Walid view the sea to escape their daily tedium. One morning, they discover a project which will deprive them forever of their own moments of escape.
7:30 pm
Chronique des années de braise (The Chronicle of the Years of Embers) (1975 / Drama / 140 min)
Director: Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina
Awarded the Golden Palm at Cannes, this film looks at the Algerian revolution from the personal perspective of a peasant turned revolutionary leader.
Friday, March 8
Location: Cantor Film Center, 36 East 8th Street, rm 101
FILMS:
6:00 pm
The Birth of the Republic (1963 / 30 min)
State of Algeria in 1963 from the Russian archives
Foreign News Reel № 111962 (30 sec)
6:30 pm
Hors la loi (Outside the Law) (2010 / Drama / 138 min)
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
A drama about the Algerian struggle for independence from France after WWII.
Saturday, March 9
Location: Cantor Film Center, 36 East 8th Street, rm 200
FILMS:
2:00 pm
Garagouz (2010 / Drama / 24 min)
Written and directed by Abdenour Zahzah
Mokhtar earns his living as a puppeteer, aided by his son who is learning the job. Using his old van, he goes to schools scattered all over the Algerian countryside, encountering prejudice and obstacles from many sides on the way.
2:30 pm
Quelques jours de répit (A Few Days of Respite )
(2010 / Drama / 79 min)
Written and directed by Amor Hakkar
The meeting between two clandestine homosexuals and Iranian and a single woman. Selected to the official competition at the 2011 Sundance Festival.
4:00 pm
Cartouches Gauloises (Summer of '62 ) (2007 / Drama / 92 min)
Directed & written by Mehdi Charef
Set in the summer if 1962, during the final stages of the Algerian War of Independence, as seen through the eyes of Ali, the 11 year-old son of an FLN moudjahid, his mother and his French and Arab friends, as they experience the massive social changes of the end of French rule.
5:30 pm
El Gusto (2011 / Documentary / 88 min)
Director: Safinez Bousbia
An orchestra of Jewish and Muslim musicians torn apart by war 50 years ago reunited for an exceptional Chaabi music concert.
7:00 pm
Automne octobre à Alger (Autumn: October in Algiers)
(1992 / Drama / 93 min)
Director: Malik Lakhdar-Hamina
The October 1988 riots in Algeria were the first massive popular demonstrations for democracy and can be regarded as the first expression of what is now called "The Arab Spring." This film tells the story of a family faced with the social atmosphere and everyday life in Algeria during that time.
Sunday, March 10
Location: Cantor Film Center, 36 East 8th Street, rm 200
FILMS:
2:00 pm:
La Maison Jaune (The Yellow House) (2008 / Drama / 84 min)
Directed, written, acted (playing the lead role of Mouloud) and co-edited by Amor Hakkar
A poor Algerian agrarian family, who survives by growing and selling potatoes and vegetables, deals with grief following the untimely death of the eldest son in an accident.
3:30 pm
Mascarades (Masquerades) (2008 / Comedy / 94 min)
Director: Lyes Salem
Mounir Mekbek lives with his family in a small village in the heart of the Algerian countryside. Very proud and sure of himself, he has only one dream- to finally be appreciated by his fellow villagers.
5:15 pm
London River (2009 / Drama / 88 min)
Directed by Rachid Bouchareb
After traveling to London to check on their missing children in the wake of the 2005 terror attack on the city, two strangers come to discover their respective children had been living together at the time of the attacks.
Monday, March 11
Location: Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life-NYU,
238 Thompson Street, 5th Floor, rm 573
FILMS:
6:00 pm
Délice Paloma (2007 / Drama / 134 min )
Directed & written by Nadir Moknèche
When it comes to surviving in today's Algeria, no scam is too daunting for the woman who has adopted her country's name.
Tuesday, March 12
Location: Kimmel Center-NYU, 60 Washington Square South,
E&L Auditorium, 4th Floor
FILMS:
6:00 pm
Al Djazira (The Island) (2012 / Drama / 35 min)
Directed by Amine Sidi Boumediene
Just before the sun rises over Algiers city, a man wearing a very strange space suit and a gas mask wakes up in a creek not far from the City itself, a new life is waiting for him.
6:45 pm
Africa Is Back (2010 / Documentary / 96 min)
Directed by Chergui Kharroubi and Salem Brahimi
The films shows the best moments of the 2009 Second Cultural Pan African Festival
***********************************************************************
http://africanastudies.as.nyu.edu/object/IAAA-AlgerianFilmFest.html
All programs are FREE and open to the public. Seats are limited and issued on first-come basis.
Presented by Institute of African American Affairs at New York University and co-sponsored by NYU’s departments of Cinema Studies and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies; African Film Festival, Inc; and with the support of the Algerian Embassy in DC, and General Consulate in NY.The Institute of African American Affairs at New York University presents the Algerian Film Festival co-sponsored by NYU’s departments of Cinema Studies and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies; African Film Festival, Inc.; and with the support of the Algerian Embassy in DC, and General Consulate in NY
March 7-12, 2013
SCHEDULE
Thursday, March 7
Location: Cinema Studies Dept-Tisch-NYU
721 Broadway, 6th floor Michelson Theater
6:00 pm
PANEL – Algeria : Fifty-five Years of Film Production
Participants: Manthia Diawara, Ahmed Bedjaoui
FILMS:
7:00 pm
Le Hublot (2012 / Drama / 20 min)
Director: Anis Djaad
Cloistered in a town on the outskirts, Adel and Walid view the sea to escape their daily tedium. One morning, they discover a project which will deprive them forever of their own moments of escape.
7:30 pm
Chronique des années de braise (The Chronicle of the Years of Embers) (1975 / Drama / 140 min)
Director: Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina
Awarded the Golden Palm at Cannes, this film looks at the Algerian revolution from the personal perspective of a peasant turned revolutionary leader.
Friday, March 8
Location: Cantor Film Center, 36 East 8th Street, rm 101
FILMS:
6:00 pm
The Birth of the Republic (1963 / 30 min)
State of Algeria in 1963 from the Russian archives
Foreign News Reel № 111962 (30 sec)
6:30 pm
Hors la loi (Outside the Law) (2010 / Drama / 138 min)
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
A drama about the Algerian struggle for independence from France after WWII.
Saturday, March 9
Location: Cantor Film Center, 36 East 8th Street, rm 200
FILMS:
2:00 pm
Garagouz (2010 / Drama / 24 min)
Written and directed by Abdenour Zahzah
Mokhtar earns his living as a puppeteer, aided by his son who is learning the job. Using his old van, he goes to schools scattered all over the Algerian countryside, encountering prejudice and obstacles from many sides on the way.
2:30 pm
Quelques jours de répit (A Few Days of Respite )
(2010 / Drama / 79 min)
Written and directed by Amor Hakkar
The meeting between two clandestine homosexuals and Iranian and a single woman. Selected to the official competition at the 2011 Sundance Festival.
4:00 pm
Cartouches Gauloises (Summer of '62 ) (2007 / Drama / 92 min)
Directed & written by Mehdi Charef
Set in the summer if 1962, during the final stages of the Algerian War of Independence, as seen through the eyes of Ali, the 11 year-old son of an FLN moudjahid, his mother and his French and Arab friends, as they experience the massive social changes of the end of French rule.
5:30 pm
El Gusto (2011 / Documentary / 88 min)
Director: Safinez Bousbia
An orchestra of Jewish and Muslim musicians torn apart by war 50 years ago reunited for an exceptional Chaabi music concert.
7:00 pm
Automne octobre à Alger (Autumn: October in Algiers)
(1992 / Drama / 93 min)
Director: Malik Lakhdar-Hamina
The October 1988 riots in Algeria were the first massive popular demonstrations for democracy and can be regarded as the first expression of what is now called "The Arab Spring." This film tells the story of a family faced with the social atmosphere and everyday life in Algeria during that time.
Sunday, March 10
Location: Cantor Film Center, 36 East 8th Street, rm 200
FILMS:
2:00 pm:
La Maison Jaune (The Yellow House) (2008 / Drama / 84 min)
Directed, written, acted (playing the lead role of Mouloud) and co-edited by Amor Hakkar
A poor Algerian agrarian family, who survives by growing and selling potatoes and vegetables, deals with grief following the untimely death of the eldest son in an accident.
3:30 pm
Mascarades (Masquerades) (2008 / Comedy / 94 min)
Director: Lyes Salem
Mounir Mekbek lives with his family in a small village in the heart of the Algerian countryside. Very proud and sure of himself, he has only one dream- to finally be appreciated by his fellow villagers.
5:15 pm
London River (2009 / Drama / 88 min)
Directed by Rachid Bouchareb
After traveling to London to check on their missing children in the wake of the 2005 terror attack on the city, two strangers come to discover their respective children had been living together at the time of the attacks.
Monday, March 11
Location: Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life-NYU,
238 Thompson Street, 5th Floor, rm 573
FILMS:
6:00 pm
Délice Paloma (2007 / Drama / 134 min )
Directed & written by Nadir Moknèche
When it comes to surviving in today's Algeria, no scam is too daunting for the woman who has adopted her country's name.
Tuesday, March 12
Location: Kimmel Center-NYU, 60 Washington Square South,
E&L Auditorium, 4th Floor
FILMS:
6:00 pm
Al Djazira (The Island) (2012 / Drama / 35 min)
Directed by Amine Sidi Boumediene
Just before the sun rises over Algiers city, a man wearing a very strange space suit and a gas mask wakes up in a creek not far from the City itself, a new life is waiting for him.
6:45 pm
Africa Is Back (2010 / Documentary / 96 min)
Directed by Chergui Kharroubi and Salem Brahimi
The films shows the best moments of the 2009 Second Cultural Pan African Festival
***********************************************************************
http://africanastudies.as.nyu.edu/object/IAAA-AlgerianFilmFest.html
All programs are FREE and open to the public. Seats are limited and issued on first-come basis.
Presented by Institute of African American Affairs at New York University and co-sponsored by NYU’s departments of Cinema Studies and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies; African Film Festival, Inc; and with the support of the Algerian Embassy in DC, and General Consulate in NY.
P.S.84 FALL Festival ~ Fiesta ~ Fête
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21
5:30 – 8:00PM
P.S. 84 – 32 W. 92ND St. NYC
Cost: $5 per person
Mark your calendars, and get ready for an evening filled with lots of fun, entertainment and great food for the entire family to enjoy! This is also a great opportunity to meet parents and children in our Dual Language Programs. The PTA's Dual Language Committee will be there to answer questions from parents interested in our school.
• LIVE Musical Performances
&
• Special Appearance by Marco the Magician
Mini-Pumpkin Decorating
• Lots of fun free GREEN crafts that teach our children how to make something new and wonderful by using recycled materials
• Used Halloween Costumes on Sale
• Fantastic Adult and Children French Books on Sale
• Wonderful Spanish Children Books on Sale
• Finger Foods, Crepes and Baked Goods on sale
• Henna Tattoos
• Fall Themed Balloons
• URBAN ROOTS Display and Composting Launch
Hosted by the PS84 PTA Committees… come see what we do!
PS84, a K-5 elementary school on the UWS is urgently looking for a substitute teacher for its French dual language program. The applicant should be bilingual, bi-literate, NYS certified, NYC licensed. Experience preferred .
Please send a CV and cover letter to:
Principal Robin Sundick, PS 84, The Lillian Weber School, 32 West 92nd Street, New York, NY 10025 or email AHauschild@schools.nyc.gov.
PS 84 on the Upper West Side has a fantastic French Dual Language Program with 50% of each class coming from French-speaking families. While priority is given to zoned children, native speakers of French from outside the zone are encouraged to apply.
Ø Located in the heart of the Upper West Side on 92nd street & CPW, PS 84 is a pioneer
in dual-language education
Ø Kindergarten through Grade 5, accepting children of all grades every year
Ø 3 Days taught in French (grades K-1)
Ø 2½ days taught in French (grades 2-5)
Ø Dual-language teachers are fluent in both French/English
Ø After-school French Cultural Enrichment Programs
Ø French language classes for parents at the school
Please email dlfrench84@gmail.com for more information
March 4: Deadline to submit a Kindergarten Application
Applying to P.S. 84
Parents seeking to submit an application to P.S. 84 may do so in the school's main office M-F 9:00AM - 11:00AM.
All submissions MUST include a copy of the child's birth certificate as well as proof of address. Applications will not be accepted without these documents.
While any family may apply to P.S. 84 the school must adhere to the priority ranking set forth by Dept. of Education guidelines such as zoned w/ sibling, zoned, out of zone and out of district families.
In addition to the general school application, there will be applications available to either the Spanish or French Dual Language programs.
- · There is one application for students who are NATIVE speakers of Spanish or French. These students will be scheduled for a Language assessment by the school soon after their application is submitted.
- · There is a different application for students who are NOT native speakers of Spanish or French who wish to apply to the Dual Language program. A general assessment will also be scheduled for these students at a later date.
For questions regarding the application process please e-mail the Parent Coordinator, Anita Hauschild at:
ahauschild@schools.nyc.gov (No phone calls please).
