Join us for this free screening at the Springfield Public Library.
Monday, September 19, 2022, 06:30pm
The Springfield Free Public Library is pleased to announce the return of foreign film screenings in the library's Palmer Museum. The schedule for this four part series is as follows:
September 19 La Haine (France)
October 17, The Taste of Others (France)
November 14, The Kid With the Bike (Belgium)
December 12 : Something on the Air (France)
"La Haine,"(Hate), released in 1995, is described in Wikipedia as a crime drama that "chronicles a day and night in the lives of three friends from a poor immigrant neighborhood in the suburbs of Paris." This, as well as the other films in the series, are all screened in the original language of the movie, with English subtitles.
All sessions will are scheduled to start at 6:30 PM with a brief introduction to the making of the film, presented by Gerard Amselem, a film enthusiast and teacher of film at Livingston High. School. At the conclusion of each film, there will be time included for audience members to participate in a discussion regarding the film that was just screened.