2018 NYADIFF – Gala Screening: They Had a Dream (Le Reve Francais)
November 25, 2018 | 3:00pm – 9:00pm
Gala Screening/US Premiere: THEY HAD A DREAM / Le Rêve Français
Q&A? with FIRMINE RICHARD & VIP reception. Red carpet @ 3pm and Screening @ 4pm.
They Had a Dream tells a story based on reality. It is both a social and a fictional saga, exploring the interconnected lives of two Guadeloupian families to reveal hidden or obscure aspects of French society.
In the Sixties, the idea of a ‘dream France’ appealed to many French West Indians and Reunion Islanders. The BUMIDOM (Bureau for the Development of Migration in Overseas Districts) encouraged them to leave their native lands to escape the poverty caused by the closure of sugar mills, among other factors.
Although they were overseas citizens of France, these people (some of whom were the victims of a compulsory emigration policy, while others had spontaneously decided to move to Metropolitan France) found that life there was very different than the one they had imagined.
Cost: Red Carpet @ 3PM, Film & Discussion Only: $20 (plus a $2.03 fee via Eventbrite); Film, Discussion & VIP Reception: $35 (plus a $2.79 fee via Eventbrite).
TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY – MILBANK CHAPEL
525 West 120th Street
New York NY 10027
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