{"id":14814,"date":"2020-09-22T13:17:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T11:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frenchcourses-paris.com\/?p=14814"},"modified":"2024-04-03T09:35:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T07:35:28","slug":"the-best-french-movies-about-race-and-social-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frenchcourses-paris.com\/fr\/french-expressions\/the-best-french-movies-about-race-and-social-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best French Movies About Race That You Need to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As large protests have occurred in response to the killing of George Floyd, there is heightened public awareness about racial discrimination and inequality, not only in the United States but also in France<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In a time when many of us are looking for ways to combat racism in our society, movies are effective in bringing meaningful stories to life and offer an easy way to help us to address these issues<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The following French films, which explore race and social justice, can help you inform yourself and delve deeper into prejudice and racial discrimination. They all contain aesthetic representations of race and gender <\/strong>in contemporary France, along with key messages, like the importance of diversity, tolerance and acceptance<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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1. Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The film, directed by Ladj Ly and released in 2019, is not another adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel and it\u2019s definitely not a musical. Set in Montfermeil, the same Paris suburb that inspired part of the 19th-century classic, it tells the story of this neighborhood\u2019s impoverished residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of the movie scenes are taken directly from the pages of the director\u2019s own life. His family arrived in France after emigrating from Mali in the 1980s. He grew up in Montfermeil, a place now plagued by police violence, ethnic clashes and little opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, this popular French movie is not a biography but a modern-day cop thriller \u2014 and it\u2019s France\u2019s entry to the Oscars. It was selected to compete for the Palme d\u2019Or<\/strong> at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize<\/strong>. It was selected as the French entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Award. The film also received 3 nominations to the 32nd European Film Awards, for Best Film, Best Screenwriter and European Discovery, winning the latter.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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