French Culture Wars Erupt Over Municipal Cinema As Right-Wing Mayor Removes Name Commemorating Anti-Colonial Director
France’s growing culture wars have its hit arthouse circuit after a right-wing mayor in the small town of Elne in southwest France rebaptized the municipal cinema theater, previously named after late radical anti-colonial director René Vautier. Elne Mayor Steve Fortel said he was renaming the theater to “La Bobine Illibérienne” for the sake of “neutrality” […]
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