Tournées Francophone Film Festival – Feb. 27

"La cour de Babel (School of Babel)" is the next film of the spring 2017 film festival shown at 7 p.m. in the Global Commons Media Room 103.

A documentary that follows a group of immigrant children from all over the globe as they enter the “reception class” for their first year in the French school system. Film shown in French with English subtitles. Jeffrey Carpenter (School of Education) will introduce the film and lead a post-screening discussion. 

Tournées Film Festival is made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S., the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC), the French American Cultural Fund, Florence Gould Foundation and Highbrow Entertainment. Additional sponsors include Elon College of Arts and Sciences; Center for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society; Peace and Conflict Studies; The Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life; Muslim Life at Elon; Jewish Studies; and the Departments of English, History and Geography, Philosophy, and World Languages and Cultures.