The Mississippi is in the spotlight in April at the Institut Franco-Américain in Rennes. A talk and a documentary film explore the river.
On 1 April, Hervé Nicolas, recently retired researcher from l’Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, will give a talk about the effects of climate change on the fourth longest river in the world.
On 3 April, there will be a screening of River to the Heart, a documentary following novelist Eddy L. Harris in 2019 as he repeated his own epic journey from thirty years before, kayaking the 2,500 mile length of the Mississippi from northern Minnesota to New Orleans. Harris wrote about the original journey in his first book, Mississippi Solo, and has continued to travel and explore the African-American experience of the country, in the South and in Harlem for example.
In May, there will be three screenings of films about the environment and environmental activism.
And while you're at the IFA, don't miss the exhibition about Susan B. Anthony, the suffragist campaigner, till the end of April.
Mississippi and the Climate talk
1 April 6.30 p.m.
Reservations (free)
River to the Heart documentary
3 April from 6 p.m., film at 7 p.m.
Reservations (free)
This would like well with the documents about the rivier in F File 27 Colours of Louisiana in Shine Bright LLCER AMC.
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© Sarah Wickings - collage © Atelier du bourg / Anthony Folliard - graphisme
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