Author Archives: Valentin Duquet

The quality of this course depends on your interaction with the films and with the rest of the class. You will be expected to have comments to make and to react to other students’ arguments and opinions during every session. Our discussions and debates will be central to this course—lectures and theory will not beContinue reading “Active participation & attendance”

Primary film to watch: Astérix & Obélix: mission Cléopatre (2002) Where to find: TBA. Points to focus on: Cultural appropriation and cultural insensitivity: Could a comedy like this be made in the US? Is humor providing more understanding between cultures, or is the Astérix series reinforcing the “Nos ancêtres les Gaulois” paradigm? ___ Secondary film toContinue reading “Week 14: Comédie et choc des cultures”

Primary film to watch: Le chat du rabbin (2011) Where to find: Kanopy. Interview to have watched by Tuesday: Joann Sfar ___ NO CLASS ON THURSDAY: THANKSGIVING BREAK. ___ Le chat du rabbin trailer

Primary film to watch: Pierrot le fou (1965) Where to find: TBA. ___ Points to focus on: The representation of the Vietnamese woman through “theater” in the film The presence and mentions of several other nationalities (Lebanese; American; Russian; Italian; Algerian; Cuban; Israeli, etc. – Anna Karina is Danish) ___ Video essay to have watched byContinue reading “Week 12: La Nouvelle Vague”

Primary film to watch: Les héritiers (2014) Where to find: TBA. ___ Secondary film to watch: La Rafle (2011) Where to find: Amazon Prime. ___ Article to have read by Tuesday: Sciences Humaines: Qu’est-ce que le racisme? ___ Les héritiers trailer   La Rafle trailer

Primary film to watch: Welcome (2009) Where to find: Kanopy. ___ Secondary film to watch: Samba (2014) Where to find: TBA. ___ Article to have read by Tuesday: Sciences Humaines: La fin de l’hospitalité ___ Welcome trailer   Samba trailer

Primary film to watch: Mon amie Victoria (2014) Where to find: Kanopy. ___ Secondary film to watch: Demain tout commence (2016) Where to find: TBA. ___ Other film to have seen by this week: Get Out (2017) ___ Article to have read by Tuesday: Sciences Humaines: Faire face au racisme ___ Mon amie Victoria trailer   Demain tout commence trailer

Primary film to watch: Intouchables (2011) Where to find: TBA. ___ Secondary film to watch: Chocolat (2016) Where to find: TBA. ___ Academic article to have read by Tuesday: “Rethinking Intouchables: Race and Performance in Contemporary France” ___ Intouchables trailer   Chocolat trailer

Primary film to watch: Qu’Allah bénisse la France (2014) Where to find: vimeo. ___ Secondary film to watch: Nous trois ou rien (2015) Where to find: TBA. ___ Magazine article to have read by Tuesday: Sciences Humaines: Égalité répulicaine et dicriminations Academic article to have read by Tuesday: “Displaced Mothers, veils in motion, and fatherlands” ___ Qu’Allah bénisseContinue reading “Week 7: Mobilité sociale, mobilité géographique”

Primary film to watch: Le grand voyage (2004) Where to find: Kanopy. ___ Secondary film to watch: Monsieur Ibrahim (2003) Where to find: TBA. Extract from the novel Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran ___ Le grand voyage trailer:   Monsieur Ibrahim trailer: