Film: Journey Through Frankétienne's Worlds

April 20, 2018 - 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
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Dir. Antonin Arnold (2015). 86min. French and Creole with English subtitles This film is a journey through the worlds of Frankétienne, the biggest Guédé creator of this country. He takes us through the intricacies of his poetic, literary and plastic creation as a singer, an actor of curses, a poet, a Nobel prize hopeful, and the director of his own death." Pizza and drinks provided. Free and open to the public.

Contact name

jacques.pierre@duke.edu

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Unit

  • Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)
  • John Hope Franklin Center