The Tournées Francophone Film Festival continues with "Grigris" screened in Global Commons Media Room 103 at 7 p.m.
A young Chadian man with a paralyzed leg dreams of being a dancer but gets involved in trafficking to care for his ailing father. Film shown in French with English subtitles. François Masuka (Isabella Cannon Global Education Center) will introduce the film and lead a post-screening discussion.
Tournées Film Festival is made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S., the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC), the French American Cultural Fund, Florence Gould Foundation and Highbrow Entertainment. Additional sponsors include Elon College of Arts and Sciences; Center for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society; Peace and Conflict Studies; The Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life; Muslim Life at Elon; Jewish Studies; and the Departments of English, History and Geography, Philosophy, and World Languages and Cultures.