Category: Film

The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) presents a special screening of Inside the Revolution: A Journey Into the Heart of Venezuela.

Former music teacher Clément Mathieu arrives at “Fond de l’ Etang” (“Bottom of the Well”), a boarding school for orphans and problematic boys and decides to form a choir with them.

On Thursday, December 10 join us for a screening of the French documentary L’Enfer de matignon, parts 1 & 2, directed by Raphaëlle Bacqué and Philippe Kohly.

(Ciné Francophone with Alliance Française)

Come celebrate a week of independent African film, food, and discussion!

The “I Luv Africa” film series and community discussion is an event open to the public featuring independent films depicting stories about African culture and people.

Jean-Marc is a disillusioned Quebec government social services employee in his forties. He escapes from his mundane everyday obligations by daydreaming of glory and beautiful women who are crazy about him. Life takes an unexpected turn when his wife Sylvie runs off to Toronto with the company president.

Wednesday, October 28 @ 6:30pm The Environmental Film Festival presents a sneak preview screening with special guest Nora Pouillon! Directed by Robert McFalls, Homegrown spotlights a 21st century organic family farm operating off the grid in the heart of urban Pasadena, California. The film documents the activities of the Dervaes family, eco-pioneers who harvest 6,000 [...]

Thursday, October 22 @ 7:00pm This biographic drama from director Diane Kurys is the second film in our Ciné Francophone series with Alliance Française. Sagan is about the life of French author Françoise Sagan. The film starts in the mid 1950s as Sagan (then still known under her real name Quoirez) closes a publishing deal [...]

Join us for the first film in our Ciné Francophone series with Alliance Française de Washington. French comedian Gad Elmaleh stars as the titular character, Coco, a forty-year-old man who has made a fortune from his invention of a new type of sparkling water. But his biggest challenge is yet to come: his son’s bar [...]

Last weekend at Letelier Theater we had two exciting new events! On Friday, author Jill Jonnes gave a talk about her recent book, Eiffel’s Tower, which was followed by a screening of Charles Berling‘s documentary film Sur les traces de Gustave Eiffel. RWUL‘s “I Luv Africa” film series and community discussion lasted all day Saturday, [...]

Film Series & Community Discussion, Part One Saturday September 19, 2009 12pm – 10pm The “I Luv Africa” film series and community discussion is a free event open to the public that will feature independent films depicting stories about African cultures and people. Reel Worldwide Underground Link (RWUL) is producing a documentary film called “I [...]