Lawrence University French Film Festival
February 7
Lawrence University French Film Festival
“Indigenes” (“Days of Glory”), 2006, 120 min. Rated R
Part of the 2008 month-long Tournees French Film Festival, hosted by Lawrence University. The film will be shown in French with English subtitles. Admission is $3 at the door.
Told through the stories of four courageous men, the film relates the forgotten role of the 20,000 Africans and 130,000 natives of North Africa who were recruited to help liberate France in World War II. Known as “Indigènes” and often sent to the front lines of the battlefield, the soldiers faced tremendous racism both in the military and French society, forcing them to struggle for equality at every turn. The film received the 2007 Lumiere Award for best screenplay and the Cesar Award for best writing.
