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Film Clips
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My
Heart is My Witness
Film by
Louise Carré, 1996.
A clip about the unusual cultural roots of Malika Mokkadem.
La
battaile d'Alger (The Battle of Algiers)
Film by Gillo Pontecarvo
"One of the most influential political films in history, La
bataille d'Alger vividly recreates a key year in the tumultuous
Algerian struggle for independence from the occuyping French in the
1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, children shoot soldiers
at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafés, and French
soldiers resort to torture to break the will of the insurgents. Shot
in the streets of Algiers in documentary style, the film is a case
study in modern warfare, with its terrorist attacks and the brutal
techniques used to combat them."
Pas d'histoires! 12 regards sur le racisme au quotidien (12
Looks at Racism in Daily Life)
A collection of short films. Child protagonists are confronted with issues involving racism in daily life.
Short film by Catherine Corsini
Short film by Yamina Benguigui
L'amant (The
Lover)
Film by Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1992.
"Saigon, end of the 1920s. A young French woman meets a Chinese man, whose
elegance and wealth overwhelms her. Swept away by physical attraction, they do
not leave each other's side. But the young girl's family rejects life abroad,
and cultural differences begin to extinguish the extraordinary fires of their
passion."
The
Gleaners and I
Film by Agnes Varda, 2000.
"An intimate, picaresque inquiry into French life as lived by the country's
poor and its provident, as well as by the film's own director..."
Text by Martine Antle on teaching with The Gleaners and I