You are cordially invited to attend the special presentations by
internationally renowned French filmmaker and critic Bertrand Tavernier:

Please note: seats are limited and registration is required. You must be a current Columbia/Barnard student to attend. To register, please email Lucie Rousseau at lcr2140@columbia.edu

Friday, Feb. 28, 3 – 6 p.m., 511 Dodge Hall
Bertrand Tavernier Master Class on Film and “The Blacklist”

Tavernier, an expert on American as well as French cinema, will discuss the Hollywood Blacklist of the 1950s (which denied employment to screenwriters, actors, and directors because of their suspected association with the American Communist Party).  He will show and discuss clips from Salt of the Earth (Herbert Biberman, 1954), He Ran All the Way (John Berry, 1951), Exodus (Dalton Trumbo script, 1960), The Prowler (Joseph Losey, 1951), The Molly Maguires (Martin Ritt, 1970), Give Us This Day (Edward Dmytryk, 1949), and Wild River (Elia Kazan, 1960).

Friday, March 7, 3 – 6 p.m., 507 Dodge Hall
Bertrand Tavernier Master Class on French Cinema during the Occupation

Mr. Tavernier has a particular interest in French cinema during the Occupation, which was also the subject of his own film Laissez Passer (Safe Conduct, 2002).  In addition to screening Laissez Passer, he will discuss clips from such films as Le Corbeau (The Raven, Georges Clouzot, 1943), Le Ciel est à vous (The Sky is Yours, Jean Grémillon, 1944), Lumière d’été (Wonders in the Dark,  Julien Duvivier, 1943), and La Bataille du rail (The Battle of the Rails, Réné Clément, 1946).