Francophone Cultures through Film Author:Nabil Boudraa, Cecile Accilien An engaging, content-based book for incorporating Francophone cinema and culture into advanced French Language courses or Francophone Studies courses. Each chapter of the book is devoted to a single feature film and includes aids for students watching the film, discussing and writing about the film, and understanding the film within the cultural... more » context. The films come from all regions of the Francophone world, from Vietnam to Algeria to Haiti, and are organized chronologically from the colonial experience to today.Features: A great selection of fifteen easily accessible feature films from all areas of the Francophone world that students are sure to enjoy; Analysis of pre-selected scenes that are clearly indicated where they are in the film, giving the class an easy starting point for in-depth study; Relevant readings at the end of each chapter, including interviews with Francophone directors and literary selections; Contextualized, pre-viewing vocabulary lists of just the right length, preparing the students for the film; Group discussion activities in every chapter that engage the class with the themes of the course; And more!« less