Les Hommes libres (Free Men)
Saturday, February 9, 9PM
Sunday, February 10, 7PM
Milwaukee Premiere
Synopsis:
Younes agrees to serve as a spy for the police to avoid prison time for peddling on the black market. But when he enters the mosque where Muslim agents are providing North African Jews with false identification papers, he is inspired by those he meets and becomes a freedom fighter. Talkbacks with Ellen Amster and Hamid Ouali.
Co-sponsored by UWM's Jewish Studies Program.
Ismaël Ferroukhi, 35mm, 99 min, France, 2011 (French)