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CANCELLED: La Dérive Douce d’un Enfant de Petit-Goâve

April 6, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Free

*The film festival has been postponed until Fall 2020.*

In this documentary film by director Pedro Ruiz, the viewer follows the director to a dozen cities including Montreal, Paris, New York, Port-au-Prince to the legendary fishing village of Petit-Goâve.  Along the way, the film explores the meaning of place, travel, exile, and homecoming.

This screening is part of the Voyages Across Borders Film Festival, which is free and open to all.  It is sponsored by the France-Florida Research Institute; Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere (Yulee Lectures Endowment); UF International Center; Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; Cultural Services of the French Embassy in Miami; Smathers Libraries; Center for Latin American Studies; Center for African Studies; Hippodrome Theatre.

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Smathers Library 100
1523 Union Rd
Gainesville, FL 32605 United States
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