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Film Screening: La permission (The Story of a Three Day Pass)
February 20, 2023 @ 8:00 pm
Monday, February 20, 2023
8:00pm at UWM Union Cinema
La permission (The Story of a Three Day Pass)
Melvin Van Peebles, DCP, 87 min
France, 1967 (English, French)
Adapted from his 1967 eponymous novel, Van Peebles’ feature debut tells the story of Turner, an African American WWII GI stationed in France, who is granted a three-day leave from base. In Paris, he meets a white French shop clerk and together they spend the weekend enjoying their romance even as they experience France’s contradictory attitudes about race.
Presented as part of the Albertine Cinémathèque program & Co-sponsored by the UWM Union Cinema