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Archive » 2014 Series » Le bonheur d’Elza / Elza

Le bonheur d’Elza / Elza

Elza-imagLe bonheur d’Elza / Elza 

Monday, March 17, 5:00pm, UNC Charlotte main campus, Student Union Theater, studentunion.uncc.edu

 

Director Mariette Monpierre, France. 2011/78 min.

Introduction by Director Mariette Monpierre. Discussion will follow screening.

Director Mariette Monpierre will also lecture on her native Guadeloupe and her experience as a Caribbean woman filmmaker at 3:30pm in the Student Union Theater.Refreshments provided between the lecture and the film.

Filmed on location in Paris and the French West Indies, Elza explores the emotional journey of a young Parisian woman who returns to her native island of Guadeloupe in search of the father she has never known. Winner of the Paul Robeson Award for Best Picture of the Diaspora at the 2013 FESPACO (Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)

Reviews:

“The movie is sensual, sun-kissed and emotionally secretive” The New York Times

http://youtu.be/vFKzg2NWmXU

Clip from YouTube

The film, lecture and refreshments are sponsored by the UNC Charlotte French Club thanks to a SGA grant. “Funded in part by the Student Government Association with your student activity fees!  SGA & SAFC do not necessarily endorse the beliefs or actions of this organization.”

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