Event

WHY DO THEY HATE US?

7:00 PM
WHY DO THEY HATE US?
Directed by: Alexandre Amiel
France, 2017, 100 min, Documentary, US premiere
In French with English Subtitles

SUMMARY
Alexandre Amiel, a French-Moroccan Sephardi filmmaker and veteran reporter, produced a trilogy of documentaries
exploring hatred from the perspectives of its primary victims in French society by profiling three representatives:
himself, Amelle Chahbi (a comedienne of Moroccan descent), and Lucien Jean-Baptiste (an actor and director who was born in the Caribbean). This critical and poignant trilogy has been shown all over the world, but here in its entirety, for the first time, in the U.S.

Followed by Q&A with Director & 2019 Pomegranate Award winner, Alexandre Amiel.

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Alexandre Amiel is a director and writer, known for Les Baumettes (2014), Empreintes(2007) and Pourquoi nous détestent-ils (2016).