S04E21 Rachid Hami

Rachid Hami just showed his second feature POUR LA FRANCE (For My Country) at Film at Lincoln Center's Rendezvous with French Cinema. He explains in this episode why the title changes from 'For France' to 'For My Country' in the US. Toward the end is the most striking point to me about assimilation vs. integration. We speak of our upbringings, his being French by way of Algeria (as portrayed in the film) and mine being a New York Jew. The story told is about his real life family, done as a character study less than an indictment of the system. We talk a lot about that point. It's a movie, about people, with style...not an article or textbook in visual form. There's a significant divide between France and US in how we treat topics like this in the arts. I hope we take notes. Sufganiyot thanks to Orwashers. https://www.filmlinc.org/films/for-my-country/