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A Life, A Manifesto

14 May 2026| 86 min

The life of Michèle Firk — a trailblazing French journalist, film critic, aspiring director and communist activist involved in various liberation struggles in the second half of the 20th century — as told by narrator Alice Diop, modern day French director.

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Documentary

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Michèle Firk

Michèle Firk

Nadia Tereszkiewicz

Nadia Tereszkiewicz

Alice Diop

Alice Diop

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