Making a Splash: Women Cartoonists in France Cynthia Laborde, Modern Languages at the University of Texas at ArlingtonPhD University of Iowa, 2015; MA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2010 Friday, February 17, 20232:00-3:30pmLubar Entrepreneurship Center, Room 107 Abstract: In her talk “Making …
Friday, February 17, 2023 7:00 pm at UWM Union Cinema L’événement (Happening) Audrey Diwan, Blu-ray, 100 min France, 2021 (French) Golden Lion, 2021 Venice Festival Adapted from Annie Ernaux’ 2020 eponymous novel recounting her traumatic recourse to an illegal abortion. …
Friday, February 17, 2023 9:00pm at UWM Union Cinema Annie colère (Angry Annie) Blandine Lenoir, DCP, 119 min France, 2022 (French) US premiere February 1974, Annie, a mother of 2, finding herself accidentally pregnant, is assisted by the MLAC an …
An interactive, French Immersion workshop, led by Dr. Cynthia Laborde (Modern Languages, University of Texas at Arlington) Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, 1:00-4:00pm Lubar Entrepreneurship Center University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee The Workshop will be in a hybrid format – you can attend …
Saturday, February 18, 2023 4:30pm at UWM Union Cinema Indes galantes (Gallant Indies) Philippe Béziat, MP4, 108 min France, 2021 (French) Midwest premiere Resonating with the 1789 storming of the Bastille, the documentary follows the 2019 staging of Les Indes …
Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 7:00pm In UWM Union Cinema Simone, le voyage du siècle (Simone: Woman of the Century) Olivier Dahan, DCP, 140 min France, 2021 (French) Midwest premiere This epic and intimate portrait of Simone Veil follows her …
Sunday, February 19, 2023 2:30pm at UWM Union Cinema Les secrets de mon père (My Father’s Secrets) Véra Belmont, Blu-ray, 73 min France/Belgique, 2022 (French) US premiere Based on Michel Kichka’s autobiographical graphic novel, this animation film, in which two …
Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 4:30pm In UWM Union Cinema Saint Omer Alice Diop, DCP, 122 min France, 2022 (French) Grand Jury Prize & Lion of the Future, 2022 Venice Festival Wisconsin premiere In this courtroom drama based on the …
Sunday, February 19, 2023 7:00pm at UWM Union Cinema Une histoire d’amour et de désir (A Tale of Love and Desire) Leila Bouzid, MP4, 103 min France, 2021 (French) Critic’s Week – Closing Film, 2021 Cannes Festival Wisconsin premiere Ahmed, …
Monday, February 20, 2023 7:00pm at UWM Union Cinema Fighting for Respect: African American Soldiers in WWI Joanne Burke, MP4, 54 min United States/France, 2021 (English) The documentary captures the plight of the African American soldiers who fought for democracy …