French language immersion
(since 1997)
Vues d’Afrique is the largest festival recent film and video from African and the Caribbean in North America today. The extraordinary variety and depth of subjects by these feature and documentary films and videos, the performances, exhibits and symposia from all over African and the Caribbean offer a rich opportunity to experience contemporary African and Creole cultures and the issues that are shaping them today.
The purpose of the Accès Cinéma Africain French immersion is to use current films and video from African, Asian, and the Caribbean as documents for exploration and study within the context of the film festival and as a language program intensive. We watch films in French (spoken or sub-titled) discuss them in daily French classes, and go further in depth in workshops with visiting filmmakers. Over the course of the program, we explore interrelationships of the various cultures, themes and stories within a multi-disciplinary community from Montréal and around the globe. This unique combination of elements has proven to be stimulating to the individual interests of our participants as well as to French language improvement.
Four-Day (long weekend) Program offered, including:
- reception and opening night festivities
- unlimited film screenings
- daily workshops and discussions with exhibiting filmmakers
- daily French language classes/discussions (groups divided according to level)
- orientation to and exploration of multi-cultural Montréal
The program is designed to help anyone with at least basic to intermediate French skills (as well as accomplished French speakers) participate fully in the Vues d’Afrique Festival whatever your interest. The entire program will be conducted exclusively in French. To participate you must have at least a functional ability in spoken French. This program is a collaboration between Penobscot School, Watching Place Productions and Vues d’Afrique.
This program is co-sponsored by Penobscot School, the African Studies Program at Indiana University, and Vues d’Afrique.
Supported in part by Atlantica Group LLC, www.atlanticagroup.com, developing business in the francophone world, and beyond.
For further information call or write: Julia Schulz, Penobscot School, tel.: 207-594-1084 or 207-594-9995; fax: 207-594-1067; Email julia@cinema-africain.org. Or Ben Levine, Watching Place Productions; tel.: 207-594-9988; Email watchingplace@gmail.com,
- Comments from participants
- Application Form: students adults
- Archives
- Christian Science Monitor article about the 2003 program