Screening for Black History Month: DAYS OF GLORY (Indigènes)
posted by megan | 07.10.2008 22:31
London Socialist Film Co-op screening and discussion at the Renoir on Sunday 12 October 2008 at 10.30am.
DAYS OF GLORY (Indigènes)
Rachid Bouchareb, Algeria/France/Morocco/Belgium 2006, 128 mins, EST, (12A)
Four North African soldiers enrolled in the French Army are sent to the front line during World War II, each with a different personal purpose as they fight their way through the Italian Campaign and on to liberate France from the Nazi occupation. One seeks booty; one has joined up to escape poverty, hoping that he will find security in the army; one wants to marry and settle in France; while the fourth – by joining in the fighting – hopes for equality and recognition of the rights of the colonised Algerians.They encounter only discrimination in the army. The film is a complex depiction of their shabby treatment in an organisation prejudiced in favour of the European French, a wartime injustice which relates directly to continuing modern tensions.
Discussion led by Kunle Olulode, Chair Camden Black History Month Forum
SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2008
Doors open 10.30 for 11.0 am screening.
Cinema information: Renoir Cinema, Brunswick Square, London WC1.
Nearest tube: Russell Square. Overground: King’s Cross, Euston.
Buses: 7, 17, 45, 46, 59, 68, 91, 168, 188.
Booking information: tickets are on sale from 10.30 am on the day and may not be booked in advance. Admission £9, concessions £7. Discount to annual members £3.
Membership: the London Socialist Film Co-op membership form is on a later page.
Other enquiries: please see our website: www.socialistfilm.blogspot.com
Rachid Bouchareb, Algeria/France/Morocco/Belgium 2006, 128 mins, EST, (12A)
Four North African soldiers enrolled in the French Army are sent to the front line during World War II, each with a different personal purpose as they fight their way through the Italian Campaign and on to liberate France from the Nazi occupation. One seeks booty; one has joined up to escape poverty, hoping that he will find security in the army; one wants to marry and settle in France; while the fourth – by joining in the fighting – hopes for equality and recognition of the rights of the colonised Algerians.They encounter only discrimination in the army. The film is a complex depiction of their shabby treatment in an organisation prejudiced in favour of the European French, a wartime injustice which relates directly to continuing modern tensions.
Discussion led by Kunle Olulode, Chair Camden Black History Month Forum
SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2008
Doors open 10.30 for 11.0 am screening.
Cinema information: Renoir Cinema, Brunswick Square, London WC1.
Nearest tube: Russell Square. Overground: King’s Cross, Euston.
Buses: 7, 17, 45, 46, 59, 68, 91, 168, 188.
Booking information: tickets are on sale from 10.30 am on the day and may not be booked in advance. Admission £9, concessions £7. Discount to annual members £3.
Membership: the London Socialist Film Co-op membership form is on a later page.
Other enquiries: please see our website: www.socialistfilm.blogspot.com
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