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Les Hommes Libres Film Screening

The Cleveland Museum of Art

  • Date Saturday, March 22, 2025
  • Time 2:00PM - 3:45PM
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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.

Les Hommes Libres Film Screening

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