Date/Time
Date(s) - Monday, September 25, 2017
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Weitz Center, Carleton College
Categories
Carleton College is pleased to once again host the Tournées French Film Festival, bringing six acclaimed contemporary French films to the campus and the Northfield community. The films, in French with English subtitles, will be screened on Monday evenings at 7 p.m. in the Weitz Center for Creativity Cinema. Carleton faculty members will also be on-hand to provide a brief introduction prior to each film screening.
Monday, Sept. 25, “Examen d’Etat” National Diploma (Introduced by Chérif Keïta)
Directed by Dieudo Hamadi (Documentary from Congo/France, 2014, 92 min.)
In the Congo, passing the national baccalaureate exam can save a young person from a life of manual labor and open the doors to university and a career. To fail the exam is to be fated to struggle for survival through menial work. Working in classic cinema vérité style, Hamadi follows the group of students through the exam to the nerve-wracking announcement of the results, providing an indelible portrait of the role of education in Congolese society.
The Tournées French Film Festival at Carleton College is made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture (CNC). For more information, including trailers of the featured films, visit www.face-foundation.org/tournees/.
This series is presented by the Carleton College Department of French and Francophone Studies, in partnership with the International Film Forum and Arts@Carleton. Screenings are free and open to the public; for more information, including disability accommodations, call (507) 222-4389. The Weitz Center for Creativity is located at Third and College Streets in Northfield.
