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France, mon amour.(Virginia Commonwealth University french film festival)
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VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
MARCH 28-30, 2008
In late March, Richmond, Virginia, once the capital of the Confederate South, turns into the capital of French film in the United States. The annual French Film Festival, organized by Virginia. Commonwealth University (VCU), screens eleven features and several short films. Sixteen years ago, VCU French Professor Peter Kirkpatrick and his wife Francoise co-founded the festival, which has since grown into the largest in the U.S. As programmers, the Kirkpatricks view most French films produced each year, even though the films might not have an American distributor yet and ...
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