This edition: On the Verge of a Fever (Le Gout des Jeunes Filles)
Episode Details
(2004/Canada-Haiti, 88 min., color, drama, in French with English subtitles) Director: John L’Ecuyer. Cast: Lansana Kourouma, Uly Darly, Mireille Metellus, Koumba Ball. Against the backdrop of poverty, fear and the brutal dictatorship of Haiti in 1971, Fanfan, a 15-year-old boy, lives a somewhat sheltered life with his protective mother. After a terrifying incident involving the Tonton-Macoute (secret police), Fanfan decides to hide out at his beautiful neighbor's house for the weekend. There, he is trapped between his fear of being caught and the fulfilling of his deepest fantasy. Based on a book by famous Haitian novelist Dany Laferriere. Discussion guest: Thomas Spear, Lehman College/CUNY.
- The Walls of Malapaga
- Friday, April 17 - 12:00am
- Saturday, April 18 - 12:00am
- Sunday, April 19 - 12:00am
- The Four Days of Naples
- Friday, April 17 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, April 18 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, April 19 - 9:30pm
- Friday, April 24 - 12:00am
- Saturday, April 25 - 12:00am
- Sunday, April 26 - 12:00am
- Los Olvidados
- Friday, April 24 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, April 25 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, April 26 - 9:30pm
- Friday, May 1 - 12:00am
- Saturday, May 2 - 12:00am
- Sunday, May 3 - 12:00am
- Los Inundados / Flooded Out
- Friday, May 1 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, May 2 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, May 3 - 9:30pm
- Friday, May 8 - 12:00am
- Saturday, May 9 - 12:00am
- Sunday, May 10 - 12:00am
- Battleship Potemkin
- Friday, May 8 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, May 9 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, May 10 - 9:30pm
- Friday, May 15 - 12:00am
- Mother
- Friday, May 15 - 9:30pm
- The Walls of Malapaga
- Friday, April 10 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, April 11 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, April 12 - 9:30pm
- The Gospel According to St. Matthew
- Friday, April 3 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, April 4 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, April 5 - 9:30pm
- Friday, April 10 - 12:00am
- Saturday, April 11 - 12:00am
- Sunday, April 12 - 12:00am
- Thieves' Highway
- Friday, March 27 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, March 28 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, March 29 - 9:30pm
- Friday, April 3 - 12:00am
- Saturday, April 4 - 12:15am
- Sunday, April 5 - 12:15am
- Call Northside 777
- Friday, March 20 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, March 21 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, March 22 - 9:30pm
- Friday, March 27 - 12:00am
- Saturday, March 28 - 12:00am
- Sunday, March 29 - 12:00am
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
- Friday, March 20 - 12:00am
- Saturday, March 21 - 12:00am
- Sunday, March 22 - 12:00am
