Screening of the film "Days of glory / Indigenes" as part of Theme of History series at Alliance Francaise, 72, Lodhi Estate > 5:30pm & 7:30pm on 7th January 2011
Time : 5:30 pm and 7:30 pm
2006-Col-130 min
Directed by : Algerian Rachid Bouchareb
The film deals primarily with the discriminatory treatment of colonial North Africans by the white French . This issue led to a change in the French government's policy 60 years later.The film begins in North Africa where large numbers of indigènes (Algerians, Tunisians and Moroccan Goumiers) have been recruited into the French First Army of the Free French Forces, that has been formed to liberate France of the Nazi occupation in World War II.
Background : January at ciné-club is a time to reflect, to think about history and how it continues to shape our present. No point in making new resolutions without back contexts and no way of understanding the future without first comprehending the past. How does history shape us, influence us, alter not only our mentalities but our physical space as well? Can history take on a human form and, if so, what kind of form does this historical embodiment take?
Entry : Free, On first come-first served basis.
Place : M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003
Landmark : Next to Annexe building of India International Centre
Event Details : Screening of the film 'Days of glory / Indigenes' as part of Theme of History Series of Film Screenings.
Directed by : Algerian Rachid Bouchareb
The film deals primarily with the discriminatory treatment of colonial North Africans by the white French . This issue led to a change in the French government's policy 60 years later.The film begins in North Africa where large numbers of indigènes (Algerians, Tunisians and Moroccan Goumiers) have been recruited into the French First Army of the Free French Forces, that has been formed to liberate France of the Nazi occupation in World War II.
Background : January at ciné-club is a time to reflect, to think about history and how it continues to shape our present. No point in making new resolutions without back contexts and no way of understanding the future without first comprehending the past. How does history shape us, influence us, alter not only our mentalities but our physical space as well? Can history take on a human form and, if so, what kind of form does this historical embodiment take?
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Screening of the film "Days of glory / Indigenes" as part of Theme of History series at Alliance Francaise, 72, Lodhi Estate > 5:30pm & 7:30pm on 7th January 2011
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