PUBLIC PROGRAM - Groups of 12+ tickets CLICK HERE for Group Reservation Form
Daily pressures can be hard to bear, and we all need supports we can rely on.
Daily pressures can be hard to bear - do the characters in these shorts have supports they can rely on? In one short, a guidance counselor and student land in the middle of a situation that gets totally blown up when a kind gesture goes awry. In the last film, a chess prodigy is forced to represent her entire community and confront her undocumented status.
Shorts Program Duration: 70 minutes
Themes: Daily pressures and finding external supports, inner strength; costs of personal success; career aspirations; behavioral health strategies.
Language: This program is presented in English, French, and Haitian with English subtitles
Content Advisory: This program contains profanity.
Geoblocking Notice: This program is only available in the Chicagoland area.
LOVENA (Short Film)
Synopsis: Lovena becomes French Guiana's chess champion. An opportunity and a burden for an undocumented immigrant teenager.
Program Type: Public Program - Groups of 12+ tickets CLICK HERE for Group Reservation Form
Content Advisory: This film contains Coarse Language.
Geoblocking Notice: This film is only available in the Chicagoland area.
- Year2020
- Runtime29 minutes
- LanguageFrench, Haitian with English subtitles
- CountryFrench Guiana
- PremiereWorld
- DirectorOlivier Sagne
- ProducerMarc Barrat
PUBLIC PROGRAM - Groups of 12+ tickets CLICK HERE for Group Reservation Form
Daily pressures can be hard to bear, and we all need supports we can rely on.
Daily pressures can be hard to bear - do the characters in these shorts have supports they can rely on? In one short, a guidance counselor and student land in the middle of a situation that gets totally blown up when a kind gesture goes awry. In the last film, a chess prodigy is forced to represent her entire community and confront her undocumented status.
Shorts Program Duration: 70 minutes
Themes: Daily pressures and finding external supports, inner strength; costs of personal success; career aspirations; behavioral health strategies.
Language: This program is presented in English, French, and Haitian with English subtitles
Content Advisory: This program contains profanity.
Geoblocking Notice: This program is only available in the Chicagoland area.
LOVENA (Short Film)
Synopsis: Lovena becomes French Guiana's chess champion. An opportunity and a burden for an undocumented immigrant teenager.
Program Type: Public Program - Groups of 12+ tickets CLICK HERE for Group Reservation Form
Content Advisory: This film contains Coarse Language.
Geoblocking Notice: This film is only available in the Chicagoland area.
- Year2020
- Runtime29 minutes
- LanguageFrench, Haitian with English subtitles
- CountryFrench Guiana
- PremiereWorld
- DirectorOlivier Sagne
- ProducerMarc Barrat