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2021 / 30 minutes

Directed by
Daniel Quintanilla Jessamine Irwin
Country of production
United States

Cecile reconnects with the French of her childhood, thanks to recently-arrived Franco-African immigrants, like Trésor, seeking asylum in Cecile’s hometown of Lewiston, Maine. Cecile’s Franco roots tie her to the thousands of French-Canadians who came before her to power the local mills, and who suffered from decades of discrimination and oppression. As history repeats itself, Cecile and Trésor develop a close friendship that helps Cecile finally find pride in being Franco-American.

In the 2023 RAI Film Fest , Shorts category