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2) Fatima
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Fatima lives on her own with two daughters to support: 15-year old Souad, a teenager in revolt, and 18-year old Nesrine, who is starting medical school. Fatima speaks French poorly and is constantly frustrated by her daily interactions with her daughters. Her pride and joy, they are also a source of worry. To ensure the best possible future for them, she works odd hours as a cleaning woman. One day, she takes a fall on the stairs. On leave, Fatima...
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Two 16-year-old girls have an intense friendship while living in Nazi-occupied Tunis in 1942. Nour is a Muslim who eagerly anticipates her wedding to a handsome cousin. Myriam is a French Jew who is furiously resisting her betrothal to a much older doctor. However, his money is needed by her family to pay fines imposed by the Nazis.
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Film Movement volume year 3, film 6
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The stern father of a Muslim family in France has his teenage son drive him to Mecca for the religious pilgrimage known as the hajj. The son, who is irreligious and has a non-Muslim girlfriend, doesn't relate to his traditionalist father, nor does the dad relate to his son -- a culture clash (and generational clash) that colors their entire trip to Saudi Arabia.
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Yasmin s'ennuie! Mais il lui suffit de jeter un coup d'oeil aux vètements dans le placard de sa mère pour qu'une soirée ennuyeuse se transforme en chic défilé de mode... jusqu'à ce que la tenue traditionnelle de sa mère se déchire! Avec l'aide de sa grand-maman, Yasmin pourra-t-elle trouver une solution avant que sa mère ne rentre à la maison?
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Yasmin doit terminer son tableau pour le concours d'art avant vendredi, mais elle trouve une foule d'excuses pour ne pas le compléter. Elle ne sait pas quoi peindre, elle ne pense pas ètre talentueuse et ne veut pas faire de dégâts... Et si c'était justement un dégât qu'il lui fallait pour trouver l'inspiration?
8) Soumaya
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One day, Soumaya a woman of color, a practicing Muslim, a mother, and an executive at an airport transportation company in Paris - is fired from her job of fourteen years without explanation or warning. Later that night, while watching TV, she learns that certain media outlets are linking her, through speculation, to jihadist circles. This all occurs only days after Soumaya's apartment, where she lives with her young daughter, is raided by police....
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Tous les élèves ont des idées géniales pour le grand projet de construction... sauf Yasmin. Les meilleures idées ont déjà été prises. Heureusement, la récréation porte conseil...
As their makerspace project, the students in Yasmin's second grade class are building a city which includes houses, a school, a church, and even a castle, but Yasmin is not sure what to build, until inspiration strikes. Back matter includes discussion questions,...
10) The other son
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Français
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A provocative tale, filmed in Israel and the West Bank, of two young men₆one Israeli, the other Palestinian, who discover they were accidentally switched at birth, and the complex repercussions on themselves and their respective families.