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Les Hommes Libres Film Screening
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- Film
- Ticket Required
Subtitled in English | Sous-Titré en Anglais
Saturday, March 22, 2025, 2:00–3:45 p.m.
Location: Lecture Hall
John C. and Sally S. Morley Family Foundation Lecture Hall
John C. and Sally S. Morley Family Foundation Lecture Hall
Free; Ticket Required
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About The Event
Les Hommes Libres (Free Men) (2011)
Paris, 1942. The award-winning film Les Hommes Libres (Free Men) follows the untold stories of French North Africans, both Muslims and Jews, who navigate and resist the Nazi-affiliated Vichy regime. Based on historical events, it recounts their participation in the French Resistance and the important role of the Grand Mosque of Paris in protecting and evacuating Jews in the face of German persecution.
This film is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Arts of the Maghreb: North African Textiles and Jewelry, which spotlights the rich artistic traditions and centuries-old multifaceted societies spanning Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The artworks on view coincide with the advent of French occupation and colonization beginning in 1830; Les Hommes Libres tells one of the many stories of the historical aftermath, seen through the lens of Muslim and Jewish Algerian migrants in the colonial capital.
The film was awarded “Winner, Best International Film” at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2012 and “Winner” at Prix Radio Canada in 2012.
Paris, 1942. Les Hommes Libres raconte les histoires peu-connues des franco-maghrébins, musulmans et juifs, qui contournaient et résistaient le régime collaborationniste de Vichy. Basé sur des évènements historiques, le film raconte leur participation à la résistance française et le rôle important de la Grande mosquée de Paris dans la protection et évacuation des juifs face à la persécution allemande.
Cette projection est présentée conjointement avec l’exposition Arts of the Maghreb: North African Textiles and Jewelry, actuellement en cours. Ce dernier met en avant les traditions artistiques somptueuses et les sociétés multidimensionnelles et vieux de plusieurs siècles du Maroc, de l’Algérie, et de la Tunisie. Les œuvres exposées datent du 19e siècle, époque aussi marquée par le début de l’occupation française en 1830. Les Hommes Libres raconte les histoires qui ont suivi, cette fois de la perspective des jeunes émigrés algériens, musulmans et juifs, arrivés dans la capitale coloniale.
Gagnant, “Best International Film,” Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2012; Gagnant, Prix Radio Canada 2012.
Sponsors
All education programs at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Education. Principal support is provided by Dieter and Susan M. Kaesgen. Major annual support is provided by Brenda and Marshall Brown, David and Robin Gunning, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, Gail C. and Elliott L. Schlang, Shurtape Technologies, and the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation. Generous annual support is provided by Gini and Randy Barbato, the M. E. and F. J. Callahan Foundation, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Char and Chuck Fowler, the Giant Eagle Foundation, Robin Heiser, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Bill and Joyce Litzler, the Logsdon Family Fund for Education, Sarah Nash, Courtney and Michael Novak, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, the Pickering Foundation, William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Sally and Larry Sears Fund for Education Endowment, Roy Smith, Paula and Eugene Stevens, the Trilling Family Foundation, Jack and Jeanette Walton, and the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
Education programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
