Contact information
Name:
Drew Swedberg
Phone:
610-330-3242
Email:
swedberd@lafayette.edu
Categories:
When:
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Where:
Landis Cinema - Buck Hall - 219 N. 3rd Street
Presenter:
Ingrid Raphaël and Drew Swedberg.
Price:
Free
Please join the FAMS department in welcoming filmmaker Miryam Charles to campus for a screening of seven of her short films, shot on 16 mm between 2015 and 2023. Miryam will join us for a post-screening conversation, moderated by Ingrid Raphaël and Drew Swedberg.
This event is free and open to the public
Director’s bio:
From Haitian descent, Miryam Charles is a director, producer and cinematographer living in Montreal. Her films have been presented in various festivals internationally. Cette maison, her debut feature film, had its world premiere at Berlinale Forum 2022 and has been screened at festivals worldwide, winning awards at Indie Lisboa, Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival, Montréal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, and Indie Memphis. Her ongoing work explores themes related to exile and the legacies of colonization. Her second feature-length fiction film La marabout is currently in production.
Sponsored by:
FAMS & R.K. Laros Foundation