Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba.
Twilight Auditorium 101
Fatima, 17, the youngest of three daughters, treads carefully as she searches for her own path, grappling with emerging desires, her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family. Starting university in Paris, she dates, makes friends, and explores a whole new world, all while confronting a timeless and heartrending dilemma: How can one stay true to oneself when reconciling different parts of one’s identity feels impossible?
Free and open to the public.
Twilight Auditorium 101
In 1930s French Algeria, indifferent Frenchman Meursault faces upheaval after his mother’s death and a fatal beach encounter with an Arab man, leading to a trial that scrutinizes his detached character in this adaptation of Albert Camus’s existential novella. The story explores his emotional aloofness amid a violent intrigue involving his neighbor and the victim’s brothers.
Twilight Auditorium 101
Mamadou Dia is an award-winning Senegalese film director, screenwriter, and co-founder of the production company, Joyedidi. Often based on his life growing up in West Africa, Dia’s films explore the tension between fact and fiction, realism and abstraction.
THE FILM we are screening is BAAMUM NAFI (Nafi’s Father)
Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)
International Karaoke is back!
The evening will begin with performances from student groups representing each language department - so come cheer on your department and help them win!
After the competition, the stage opens to everyone to sing a non-English song during Open Mic.
Come celebrate language, culture, and community at Middlebury College!
McCullough Wilson Cafe
Le salaire de la peur (Wages of Fear), dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216
Le Règne Animal (The Animal Kingdom), dir. Thomas Cailley, 2023
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216
Orlando : ma biographie politique (Orlando, My Political Biography), dir. Paul. B. Preciado, 2023
Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)
Banel & Adama, dir. Ramata-Toulaye Sy, 2023
Twilight Auditorium 101
Ni Chaînes, Ni Maitres (No Chains, No Masters), dir. Simon Moutairou, 2024
Twilight Auditorium 101
