Screening Racialized France: Immigration, Discrimination, and Citizenship in Contemporary French Cinema

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Screening Racialized France: Immigration, Discrimination, and Citizenship in Contemporary French Cinema

Type of Event: Lecture
Presenter: Dr. Cybelle McFadden, This year's Linda Arnold Carlisle Faculty Research Award Winner

March 14, 2018

Maple Room (EUC)

The talk examines French films since 2000 that expose contradictions at the heart of the Republic: French universalism espouses equality for all citizens, but the inequality and discrimination evident in these films challenge the very definition of French national identity, belonging, and citizenship.