For this week’s podcast, we’re sharing an urgent and provocative discussion from the 22nd Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, which was co-presented with UniFrance.

In response to the disillusionment and frustration currently felt worldwide, directors Emmanuelle Bercot (150 Milligrams, a Rendez-Vous 2017 selection), Bertrand Bonello (Nocturama, a Rendez-Vous 2017 selection), Mira Nair (Queen of Katwe), and Ira Sachs (Little Men) discuss how films can address political turmoil or social unrest and operate as whistle-blowers. The evening was led by the Film Society’s Director of Programming Dennis Lim.

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