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Two Flags – Film Screening and Discussion with Director

Thursday, October 3, 2019 @ 5:30 pm7:30 pm

Two Flags
2019, 60 mins. Director: Pankaj Rishi Kumar
In English and French with subtitles in English

Two Flags chronicles the life and politics of Pondicherry, a former French colony in South India where 6,000 Tamils who identify as French gear up for the French presidential elections of 2017. The film explores the idea of state, citizenship and home in the post-colonial era.

Post-screening discussion with director PANKAJ RISHI KUMAR and SONIA DAS (Anthropology, NYU). Moderator: TEJASWINI GANTI (Anthropology, NYU).

Open to the public. Please bring photo ID.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Media, Culture, and History and La Maison Française

Details

Date:
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Time:
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
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Website:
http://as.nyu.edu/maisonfrancaise/events/2019/two-flags---film-screening-and-discussion-with-director.html

Venue

Avery Fisher Center for Music and Media, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 7th Floor
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South New York
New York, 10012 United States
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Organizer

La Maison Française (NYU)
Phone
212.998.8750
Email
maison.francaise@nyu.edu
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