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January 8, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
French Film Festival Coming to
CSU Dominguez Hills
(Carson,
CA) – The California
State University, Dominguez Hills Department of History
has been awarded a grant from
the French American Cultural Exchange (FACE) to bring the
Tournées Festival of French films to campus in April.
CSU Dominguez Hills is one of only
108 universities across the United States and Puerto Rico
selected by the nonprofit
FACE to host the festival this year. With a mission to promote
French-American relations through arts and cultural programs,
FACE created the Tournées Festival in 1995 to expose
more U.S. students to contemporary French-made films, especially
those movies and documentaries with limited distribution.
History professor Laura Talamante,
who is organizing the festival at CSUDH, said the Tournées Festival not
only introduces filmgoers to a slate of interesting films
they might not otherwise see, but also provides a springboard
for academic discussions on a number of topics. The films
to screen at CSUDH in April — Indigènes (Days
of Glory), Monsieur Ibrahim, S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing
Machine, Le Plafond de Verre (Glass Ceiling), and Paris Je
T’aime — all relate to the legacy of French colonialism
“
These films provide an opportunity to explore such themes
as the relationship between WWII, colonialism, struggles
for democracy, liberty and equality, de-colonization, immigration,
racism and citizenship,” Talamente said.
Specific dates and times for the films will be announced
in the coming months. The films and discussions will be free
and open to the public.
Grants for universities to host Tournées Festival
are made possible with the support of the Cultural Services
of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture
(CNC), the Florence Gould Foundation, the Grand Marnier Foundation,
highbrow entertainment, agnès b. and the Franco-American
Cultural Fund.
For more information, visit www.facecouncil.org/tournees/index.html
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