Past Events
FEATURED FILM: -Coda- Rafiki
by Wanuri Kahiu, December 6, 6:30 P.M., Lenfest Center for the Arts
Screening at the Columbia Maison Française, Buell Hall
Associate Professor of French, Graduate Program Director
Boston College
“Revolutionary Dreams and Haitian Girlhood"
The colorful charts, graphs, and maps presented at the 1900 Paris Exposition’s “American Negro Exhibit” by famed sociologist and black rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois offered a view into the lives of black Americans, conveying a literal and figurative representation of "the color line." From advances in education to the lingering effects of slavery, these prophetic infographics—beautiful in design and powerful in content—make visible a wide...
FEATURED FILM: Ouaga Girls
by Theresa Traore Dahlberg, November 16, 6:30 P.M., Maison Française
Screening at the Columbia Maison Française, Buell Hall
FEATURED FILM: The Country Upside Down
by Sylvaine Dampierre, November 14, 6:30 P.M., Maison Française
Screening at the Columbia Maison Française, Buell Hall
FREEDOM SOUNDS: LISTENING SESSION & DISCUSSION
w/ DAPHNE BROOKS, Yale University & FRED MOTEN, New York University
moderated by BRENT HAYES EDWARDS, Columbia...
FEATURED FILM: Short film session including Like Dolls, I'll Rise
by Nora Philippe, November 13, 6:30 P.M., Lenfest Center for the Arts
Screenings at the Columbia Maison Française, Buell Hall
Master Class with Director Alice Diop and Screening of On Call, November 12, 6:30 P.M., Maison Française
Screening at the Columbia Maison Française, Buell Hall
FEATURED FILM: Towards Tenderness
by Alice Diop, November 10, 6 P.M., Lenfest Center for the Arts
Screening at the Columbia Maison Française, Buell Hall
FEATURED FILM: Speak Up
by Amndine Gay, November 10, 2 P.M., Lenfest Center for the Arts
Screening at the Columbia Maison Française, Buell Hall