Small Country: An African Childhood (Petit Pays)

Cinema/Chicago, together with the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and our consular and cultural partners, presents Summer Screenings, a free weekly film series that celebrates book-to-screen adaptations.

Based on singer and writer Gaël Faye‘s semi-autobiographical novel Petit pays, this touching story of a childhood interrupted and paradise lost is directed by Eric Barbier (France, 2017, in French, Kirundi, Swahili with English subtitles). Print courtesy of Institut français.

Post-screening discussion led by Professor Maggie O’Brien of DePaul University.