Name: LMF Cinémathèque Screening/Q & A: Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy
Start: 2026-05-05T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-05T20:00:00-04:00
Location: La Maison Française NYU

$LMF Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que Screening\/Q & A: Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy$

Screening of 2014 Documentary by Stephanie Valloatto
About this Event

Just in time for World Press Day, LMF Cinémathèque created and curated by Anna-Caroline Prost presents Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy. In this film, 12 wonderful, funny, tragic and crazy satirical cartoonists from around the world defend democracy with a single weapon, a pencil, at the risk of their own lives. Hailing from France, United States, Tunisia, Russia, America, Burkina-Faso, China, Algeria, the Ivory Coast, Venezuela, Israel and Palestine, this 2014 film by Stéphanie Valloatto film premiered in the Special Screenings section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The film was nominated for the César Award for Best Documentary Film at the 40th César Awards.