00:00Racism in France is often talked about as a distant or exceptional problem.
00:04Well, it's not that exceptional and it's not that far away.
00:07All you have to do is turn on the TV or open the door to a classroom.
00:10to understand and see how social tensions,
00:13Prejudices and power dynamics are created on a daily basis.
00:17That's exactly what Entre les Murs shows.
00:19And this is the first film I'm going to present to you for International Day Against...
00:24racism
00:24Which, in fact, is a week for me.
00:26Released in 2008 and directed by Laurent Canté,
00:29The film "Entre les Murs" follows a French teacher in a 4th grade class at a Parisian middle school.
00:34The film is adapted from the book by François Bégaudot, who also plays himself on screen.
00:38At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, the film won the Palme d'Or.
00:42This film does not depict spectacular, blatant or caricatured racism.
00:46It shows something more everyday.
00:48There are cultural misunderstandings, there are identity assignments,
00:52ways in which some students are perceived even before they have spoken.
00:55Furthermore, the way in which the public school system claims to treat everyone the same
01:00while often reproducing inequalities.
01:02And we can link this film to the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron.
01:07where they explain that school does not simply transmit knowledge.
01:10It can also legitimize a form of symbolic violence
01:13and to perpetuate social hierarchies under the guise of neutrality.
01:16And that's exactly what you feel in The Class.
01:19Behind the debates about language, discipline, or respect,
01:22There is also a question of class, origin and place in society.
01:25This film shows a multicultural France,
01:28which is tense and sometimes unfair
01:30and where the school becomes a mirror reflecting the country's divisions.
01:33Let me know in the comments if you've seen this movie
01:35And most importantly, subscribe!
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