Update: Iqaluit will be presented Oct. 19
Don't miss the CineCulture lineup this semester. CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.
This Film Screening: Friday, 5:30 p.m.
Location: Peters Education Center Auditorium
(West of Save-Mart Center in the Student Recreation Center Building).
All films screened on campus are free and open to the public.
Parking is not enforced after 4 p.m. on Fridays.
October 12: Homeland (Né quelque part, 2014)
Discussants: Dr. Rose Marie Kuhn & Dr. Zoulikha Mouffak
Directed by Algerian-French director Mohamed Hamidi, Homeland narrates the adventures of Farid, a 26-year old French law student, who travels to his father’s native Algeria because of a family emergency. Discovering this country where he had never been before, he comes in contact with a colorful gallery of amazing characters whose warmth and simplicity deeply touch him. He is particularly struck by a cousin who dreams to leave Algeria and live in France. Farid’s trip becomes an incredible journey, full of humor and humanity, an experience that will totally upset the image he had of his family and lead him to take a new look at his own identity. In French and Arabic, with English subtitles. 117 minutes.
Sponsors: The French Program and the Department of Modern & Classical Languages & Literatures and L’Alliance Française de Fresno
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Scene from Iqaluit, which will be presented Oct. 19.
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October 19: Iqaluit (2016)
Discussants: Benoît Pilon (Director) via Skype & Dr. Rose Marie Kuhn
In Iqaluit by French-Canadian director Benoît Pilon, Carmen travels for the first time to Iqaluit, the capital of Canada’s newest, largest and northernmost territory. Her husband Gilles has been gravely injured and she wants to be at his bedside. Trying to find out how her husband sustained his injuries, she grows closer to Noah, an Inuk (or Eskimo) friend of Gilles and soon comes to understand that their dramas are deeply intertwined. What happened? What is Noah’s involvement in these events? Will Carmen be able to find the answers to her questions? In French, Inuktitut and English, with English subtitles. 102 minutes.
Sponsors: The French Program and the Department of Modern & Classical Languages & Literatures and L’Alliance Française de Fresno
CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to Fresno State campus students, faculty, and staff, and community. CineCulture is also offered as a 3 unit academic course (MCJ 179) in the Media, Communications and Journalism Department. CineCulture fulfills General Education Integration Area Multicultural International (MI). For students entering Fresno State Fall 2018, the course satisfies a university graduation requirement.
CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.
Fresno State encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact us in advance to your participation.
For further information about CineCulture: http://cineculture.csufresno.edu/
CineCulture Club invites invite you to like us on Facebook, follow us on twitter, and check the club website for film updates.
Contact: Dr. Mary Husain (Instructor & Club Adviser) at mhusain@csufresno.edu
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