The Forum in the city

Cinema in the city Institut Lumière, CNP terreaux (Lyon)

Screenings specially scheduled to coincide with the Forum are offered by a few movie theatres in Lyon. Each screening is followed by a debate in the presence of the film’s director or of a speaker from the Forum for a Responsible Globalisation.


Wednesday October 25, 8:30 pm at the Institut Lumière with the participation of the Director Jean-Henri Meunier « Ici Najac, à vous la terre » (“Najac here, over to you the Earth”) France, 2006, 1h37, Color - Directed by Jean-Henri Meunier with the inhabitants of Najac village.
Some natives of a small french village resist with citizen common sense, humour and poetry, to the globalization steam roller. "Najac here, over to you the Earth" it is a bottle thrown to the sea, the fluttering of a butterfly¹s wing dedicated to the whole of the mankind. It is an act of resistance for peace in the world, the respect of the planet, the love of good craft, the transmission of the know-how. It is a message of life given by humans of all humors who chose to live on their utopias.
Institut Lumière - 25 rue du Premier Film - 69008 Lyon - +33 (0)4 78 78 18 95

Thursday October 26, 8:30 pm at CNP Terreaux
“La Raison du plus faible » (“Weak makes right”)
France-Belgium, 2005, 1h56, Color
Directed by Lucas Belvaux with Natacha Régnier, Eric Caravaca, Lucas Belvaux…
In a working-class neighbourhood of Liège, a group of jobless and retired labourers spend their time between the local bistro and their patch of allotment. They cross paths with an ex-convict and hope the former thief will help them out of their desperate situation … Based on this real event, Lucas Belvaux gave the story a political content. A cross between a social film and a detective story, “La Raison du plus faible” (Weak makes right) is a superb tribute to the pride of the working class and all those abandoned by society in the wake of social and economic upheavals.
CNP Terreaux - 40 rue du Président Edouard Herriot - 69001 Lyon - +33 (0)4 78 27 26 25

Friday, October 27, 8:30 pm at CNP Terreaux
“Bamako »
Mali-USA-France, 2006, 1h55, Color
Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako with Aïssa Maïga, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Bella Habib Dembélé…
Caught in the stranglehold of debt and structural adjustment, the African continent is fighting for its survival. In the face of this disaster, representatives of African society bring an action against international financial institutions. The trial takes place in Bamako, in the yard of a house, among its inhabitants who go about their business, attentive or indifferent to the debates. Among them, Chaka and Melé. She is a singer in a bar, he is unemployed and their relationship is on the rocks...
CNP Terreaux - 40 rue du Président Edouard Herriot - 69001 Lyon - +33 (0)4 78 27 26 25

The Forum for a Responsible Globalisation sincerely thanks Thierry Frémaux, Maëlle Arnaud and the Institut Lumière’s team; Marc Artigau and the CNP’s team; Océan Films ; Diaphana and Les Films du Losange.

Books in the city
In partnership with Lyon bookstores, books dealing with the theme of globalisation are highlighted and signings are organised.

Restaurants in the city
In partnership with Lyon restaurant owners, special menus featuring food from around the world are proposed during the Forum

“Debt in the context of Globalisation: the issue of debt forgiveness”
Association Amitié Franco-Ethiopienne (French-Ethiopian Friendship Organisation)

October 26, 7:30 pm, Centre culturel de Villeurbanne

Debt has always been at the heart of the debate on development. It is generally acknowledged, even by the most orthodox of the international financial organisations, that debt stands in the way of development. Debt is the Achilles’ heel of the economies of southern countries, made even more vulnerable by the ongoing process of globalisation. Various solutions have been proposed, the most notable of which are the adoption of a Marshall Plan, in particular for Africa, or the outright cancellation of the debt, which, in any case, will never be paid off. However, opinions vary on the effectiveness of the latter measure, which is deemed counterproductive by some.”

http://francos.ethiopie.free.fr/

Symposium “Leopold Sedar Senghor and negritude, from poetry to politics”
Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme (RADDHO), a Senegalese human rights Organisation

October 27, from 10:00 to 12:00 am at the Agora, Centre de Congrès, Lyon / from 1:00 to 7:00 pm at the Town Hall of Lyon October 28, 10:00 am-7:00 pm, Town Hall, Lyon

“Afro-pessimism” projects a distorted image of Africa and casts it as the great loser in the game of globalisation due to its supposed basic inability to adapt to this new context. This view ignores the tragic history of the continent and derides its inherent moral resources and its ability to restructure and regenerate. In spite of appearances, ethics, which is so lacking in the globalisation driven by powerful economic centres, may in fact emerge from the African continent, thanks to such great thinkers as Senghor, a proponent of multi-culturalism. A symposium will be held on 27 and 28 October on this leading “poetic and political” figure of Africa, on the 100th anniversary of his birth. The conference will explore his ideas, ranging from self-confidence to the capacity for dialogue – an ideology based on human universality.

Download the program

www.raddho.africa-web.org - raddhodiapora@yahoo.fr

“Responsible consumption”
market City of Lyon, Rhône-Alpes Region and associations from Lyon

October 26-27, Centre de Congrès, Lyon

A market dedicated to “responsible consumption” will be set up at the Centre de Congrès during the Forum. About 30 exhibitors will focus on 5 themes: North-South fair trade, responsible consumption in the North, solidarity through financing, solidarity through tourism, energy and housing. A brief fashion show will be held at the end of the day on Thursday, October 26th.

City of Lyon, Myriam Carbonare
+33 (0)4 72 10 65 02 - myriam.carbonare@mairie-lyon.fr

Books in the city
In partnership with Lyon bookstores, books dealing with the theme of globalisation are highlighted and signings are organised.

Restaurants in the city
In partnership with Lyon restaurant owners, special menus featuring food from around the world are proposed during the Forum.