7:00 PM–8:30 PM    Maison Française East Gallery, Buell Hall

Performance:

Variations on a French Theme

Louise Dubin and Julia Bruskin on cello and Spencer Myer on piano

To RSVP, please click here. A salon concert of duos, sonatas and showpieces by Debussy, Auguste Franchomme, Chopin, Fauré, Saint-Saens, Koechlin, and Poulenc. Some historically pertinent tidbits will be explained from the stage by Louise Dubin. FULL...   Read More

6:30 PM–8:00 PM    Maison Française East Gallery, Buell Hall

Conference/Panel Discussion:

Rated Agency: Investee Politics in a Speculative Age

Lecture by Michel Feher, in conversation with Bernard Harcourt and Adam Tooze, moderated by Camille Robcis

To RSVP, please click here. The hegemony of finance compels a new orientation for everyone and everything: companies care more about the moods of their shareholders than about longstanding commercial success; governments subordinate citizen welfare to appeasing...   Read More

6:30 PM–9:30 PM    Maison Française East Gallery, Buell Hall

Film:

Checks and Balances (Contrepouvoirs)

Malek Bensmaïl, 2015, 97 min.

To RSVP, please click here. Screening and discussion with filmmaker Malek Bensmaïl, in conversation with Madeleine Dobie and Mohamed Amer Meziane. Algerian documentary filmmaker Malek Bens­maïl set up his camera in the news­room of the...   Read More

6:30 PM–8:45 PM    Maison Française East Gallery, Buell Hall

Film:

The Battle of Algiers: A Film Within History

Malek Bensmaïl, 2017, 117 min.

To RSVP, please click here. Screening and discussion with filmmaker Malek Bensmaïl. With excep­tio­nal archival mate­rials and many inter­views (Alge­ria, France, Italy, United-States) Malek Bensmaïl’s...   Read More

6:00 PM–7:30 PM    Maison Française East Gallery, Buell Hall

Conference/Panel Discussion:

Threatening Gender

Eric Fassin, introduced by Camille Robcis and George Chauncey

To RSVP, please click here. Gender studies have long faced indifference. But today, they are confronted with two symmetrical problems: instrumentalization and rejection. On the one hand, the rhetoric of “sexual democracy” has been mobilized for...   Read More

6:30 PM–8:30 PM    Maison Francaise East Gallery, Buell Hall

Film/Panel Discussion:

Steps to Liberty (Les Marches de la Liberté)

A film by Rokhaya Diallo (2013, 52 min.) Screening followed by a discussion with Fredrick Harris, Nora Philippe and Maboula Soumahoro

To RSVP, please click here.To watch the trailer, click here. Opening night of the film series "Blackness in French and Francophone Film" organized by the Columbia Maison Française and co-sponsored by the School of the Arts. Fifty years after the Civil Rights...   Read More

   MAISON FRANÇAISE EAST GALLERY, BUELL HALL & LENFEST CENTER FOR THE ARTS, KATHARINA OTTO-BERNSTEIN SCREENING ROOM

Film Series:

Blackness in French and Francophone Film

A Film Series Presented by the Columbia Maison Française, co-sponsored by School of the Arts and curated by Nora Philippe with the participation of Maboula Soumahoro

Films are free and open to the public. Subtitles are in English. France doesn’t have an equivalent word for speaking about “blackness” and has just removed the word “race” from its Constitution. However, a new generation of black French women...   Read More

6:30 PM–8:30 PM    Maison Francaise East Gallery, Buell Hall

Film/Panel Discussion:

Black Girl (La Noire de…)

A film by Ousmane Sembène (1966, 65 min.). Screening followed by a conversation with Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Mamadou Diouf, and Maboula Soumahoro

To RSVP, please click here.To view the trailer, click here. Part of the film series "Blackness in French and Francophone Film" organized by the Columbia Maison Française and co-sponsored by the School of the Arts. Ousmane Sembène was one of the...   Read More

4:30 PM–6:30 PM    Maison Francaise East Gallery, Buell Hall

Lecture:

Master Class with Director Amandine Gay

After her master class, Amandine Gay will be joined by Nora Philippe

To RSVP, please click here. MASTER CLASS BY AMANDINE GAY: "A CHILD OF MINE" ON INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION Amandine Gay is the new name in  “French guerilla cinema” and Afro-feminist cinema. She wrote, directed, produced and...   Read More

2:00 PM–5:00 PM    Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room, Lenfest Center for the Arts, 615 W. 129th Street

Film/Panel Discussion:

Speak Up (Ouvrir la Voix)

A film by Amandine Gay (2017, 122 min.). Screening followed by a Q&A with Amandine Gay, Farah Griffin, and Maboula Soumahoro

To RSVP, please click here.To view the trailer, click here. Part of the film series "Blackness in French and Francophone Film" organized by the Columbia Maison Française and co-sponsored by the School of the Arts What does it mean to be a black woman in...   Read More

6:00 PM–7:30 PM    Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room, Lenfest Center for the Arts, 615 W. 129th Street

Film/Panel Discussion:

Towards Tenderness (Vers la tendresse)

A film by Alice Diop (2016, 38 min). Screening followed by Q&A with director Alice Diop, Brent Edwards and Nora Philippe

To RSVP, please click here. Part of the film series "Blackness in French and Francophone Film" organized by the Columbia Maison Française and co-sponsored by the School of the Arts. Alice Diop’s short film charts the ragged terrain of masculinity as...   Read More

6:30 PM–10:00 PM    Maison Francaise East Gallery, Buell Hall

Film/Lecture:

Master Class with Director Alice Diop and screening of On Call (La Permanence)

During her master class, Alice Diop will be joined in conversation by Maboula Soumahoro and Nora Philippe

To RSVP, please click here.To view the trailer, click here. Part of the film series "Blackness in French and Francophone Film" organized by the Columbia Maison Française and co-sponsored by the School of the Arts. ALICE DIOP’S MASTER...   Read More

6:30 PM–8:45 PM    Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room, Lenfest Center for the Arts, 615 W. 129th Street

Film/Panel Discussion:

Like Dolls, I’ll Rise by Nora Philippe, Le bleu blanc rouge de mes cheveux by Josza Anjembe, and Les Indes Galantes<b

Three short films and Q&A with director Nora Philippe

To RSVP, please click here.View the trailers for Like Dolls, I'll Rise and Le bleu blanc rouge de mes cheveux; and the director's interview for Les Indes Galantes. Part of the film series "Blackness in...   Read More

6:30 PM–9:00 PM    Maison Francaise East Gallery, Buell Hall

Film/Panel Discussion:

The Country Upside Down (Le Pays à l’envers)

A film by Sylvaine Dampierre (2009, 90 min.). Screening followed by Q&A with director Sylvaine Dampierre, Kim Hall, and Nora Philippe

To RSVP, please click here.To view the trailer, click here. This is part of the film series "Blackness in French and Francophone Film" organized by the Columbia Maison Française and co-sponsored by the School of the Arts. In this personal journey through...   Read More

6:30 PM–9:00 PM    Maison Francaise East Gallery, Buell Hall

Film/Panel Discussion:

Ouaga Girls

A film by Theresa Traore Dahlberg (2016, 80 min.). Screening followed by Q&A with director Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Abosede George, and Nora Phliippe

To RSVP, please click here.To view the trailer, click here. Part of the film series "Blackness in French and Francophone Film" organized by the Columbia Maison Française and co-sponsored by the School of the Arts. A group of young women tweak machines and...   Read More

7:00 PM–9:00 PM    Maison Française 2nd Floor, Buell Hall

Book Club:

Book Club

Un Roman français by Frédéric BeigbederModerated by Irene Bernstein Pechmèze   Read More

6:30 PM–9:00 PM    Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room, Lenfest Center for the Arts, 615 W. 129th Street

Film/Panel Discussion:

Rafiki

A film by Wanuri Kahiu (82 min).

To RSVP, please click here.To view the trailer, please click here. Part of the film series "Blackness in French and Francophone Film" organized by the Columbia Maison Française and co-sponsored by the School of the Arts. Kena helps her...   Read More

7:00 PM–9:00 PM    Maison Française 2nd Floor, Buell Hall

Book Club:

Book Club

Rimbaud le fils by Pierre Michon and Les Jours fragiles by Philippe BessonModerated by Dr. Brion B. Reichler   Read More