Clinton Community College and the Pays du Nord Chapter of ...
Clinton Community College
The Pays du Nord Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French
The Center for Diversity, Pluralism, and Inclusion of SUNY Plattsburgh
The Northern New York Canadian American Genealogy Society and
Saint Peter’s Church
Proudly announce a screening and discussion of the film
Réveil-Waking Up French
With its author Ben Levine
Réveil-Waking Up French: The Repression and Renaissance of the French in New England is a powerful documentary film that explores the struggle for cultural survival among the French-Canadian, Franco-American communities of New England. The film traces the French heritage beginning with immigration from the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Acadia through persecution by Ku Klux Klan and language loss, to cultural renaissance and heritage preservation. Through their determined loyalty to the French Catholic faith, language and cultural values, the French of New England continue to discover new ways of renewal and cultural diversity through heritage language reacquisition.
Réveil-Waking Up French is relevant to everyone. As the melting pot attitude and globalization threatens diversity and the heritage of so many cultures, Réveil explores the struggle for cultural survival in the very heart of American monoculture. It reveals the importance of history and heritage understanding and demonstrates how languages can be reacquired for personal and community renewal that is truly inspiring.
“You’re telling the story of your language! It’s positive, powerful, and empowering; it incorporates a heritage and a huge amount of identity that is attached to the language”
National Public Radio, “All things Considered”
“…reconnect with a very deep place within.”
Boston Globe
Audience Response:
“Everyone needs to see this to become aware of the damage done by the sense of loss of giving up cultural heritage and not honoring all cultures and individuals. “
“I cried most of the way through the film. It’s not just a language that’s being lost, it’s a profoundly deeper way of being who we are.”
“An awesome emotional movie and I’m a Slovak from Cleveland, Ohio.”
“Give it the widest distribution possible. It will affect all races.”
“Awestruck. I never knew the story, the history, the depth of our culture and people.’
“I’m not French, I’m Irish. I found your wonderful film extremely motivational to track my own roots and share my heritage with my family.”
The film will be shown on Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 7: 30 P.M. in the
Stafford Center for the Arts at Clinton Community College,
136 Clinton Point Drive Plattsburgh, NY
For further information contact:
David Graham
President, Pays du Nord Chapter
American Association of Teachers of French
Phone: (518) 563-1779
E-mail: david.graham@clinton.edu
Davidg8809@
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