OSU Francophone Day Celebration 2026 Film Screening at the Wex Monday, March 9th at 5pm

[Kate Schlosser]

Dear Ohio World Language Colleagues,

Bonjour and hello!  This is the first of many reminders that you are invited to a free, public screening of Michigan State University's Professor Safoi Babana-Hampton's film  Chœurs  Atlantiques  at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio on Monday, March 9th at 5pm. 

Please "buy" your free tickets here and spread the word:https://wexarts.org/film-video/choeurs-atlantiques

FILM TRAILER:

https://youtu.be/X4eDTWDjqZA

ABOUT THE FILM:

Chœurs Atlantiques: Tales from the Atlantic Beyond is a 2025 Michigan State University Research Foundation funded documentary feature born from a deep commitment to contributing to the urgent task of decolonizing memory —specifically, the memory of the French slave trade and colonial slavery in the French Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe that is sensitive to the global entanglements of race, power, memory and history. Starting from a reflection on Martinican artist Laurent Valère's monumental sculpture CAP 110, commemorating victims of the slave trade, this film camera travels to listen, to learn, and to amplify voices that tell not only stories of what was endured, but also stories of resistance, cultural vitality and creativity. 

 

Featured Afro-descendant artists from the French Caribbean affirm that their memory work — creative, political, and spiritual—is both a living archive as well as an affirmation of cultural agency and sovereignty.