East Gallery, Maison Française, Buell Hall
Maison Française Film Festival 2024: Cinema/Care
Villa Albertine, Institute of Comparative Literature and Society, Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender, Institute of African Studies, Alliance Program, School of Social Work, Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics, and the Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities
Registration is required, and can be found here.
Nicolas Philibert, 2023, Documentary, 109 min.
In French with English subtitles
Q&A with Lena Green and Shanny Peer
Winner of the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, this affecting, enlightening documentary from nonfiction master Nicolas Philibert (To Be and to Have, In the Land of the Deaf) invites viewers to come aboard the Adamant and witness the transformative power of art and community. The Adamant is a one-of-a-kind place: a floating refuge on the Seine River in the heart of Paris that offers day programs for adults with mental illnesses. Its attendees come from across the city and are offered care that grounds them in time and space, helping them achieve recovery and stability. Through a blend of therapy, education, and culture rooted in music and the arts, the Adamant offers a hopeful vision of what a humanistic approach to mental health care can look like. The community on the boat is intentionally created so that both the staff and the people receiving care are treated with the same respect and dignity.
Berlin International Film Festival 2023 | Winner: Golden Bear
César Awards 2024 Nominee for Best Documentary Film
São Paulo International Film Festival 2023
BFI London Film Festival 2023
Nicolas Philibert studied philosophy at the University of Grenoble. Ever since the international success of Le pays des sourds (1992), a stunning and lyrical documentary about the world of the deaf, he has been regarded as one of the most important contemporary filmmakers. Être et avoir (2002) won the European Film Award for best documentary.
Lena Green is Lecturer in Social Work at Columbia University and currently serves as the executive director of the HOPE Center, a community-based mental health clinic connected to Harlem’s historic First Corinthian Baptist Church.
Shanny Peer is the Director of the Columbia Maison Française.
