France-Amerique

Founded in 1943, France-Amérique is the only bilingual French-English publication in the United States. Every month, the print/digital magazine offers a compilation of portraits, reports, essays, and interviews to inspire thought and debate, combined with an elegant design and high-quality images.

SACRÉ BLEU!1 • The Politics of the French National Flag

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LES STATUES DE JEFFERSON • Le mouvement woke, qui divise les Américains, gagne la France: les minorités exigent que leurs droits soient reconnus, l’Histoire révisée et l’impérialisme blanc condamné. Voici Thomas Jefferson, ambassadeur américain à Paris puis président, pris dans cette tourmente: sa statue vient d’être retirée de la salle du conseil municipal de New York. Devrait-on aussi déboulonner celle dressée sur les quais de la Seine?

Les intellectuels français en lutte contre les réactionnaires / French Intellectuals Resisting Reactionaries • Philosophy graduate and journalist Nicolas Truong, 54, heads up the Debates and Ideas section of daily newspaper Le Monde, offering his take on the French intellectual scene while keeping an eye out for the next revolution

COMMENT LE PRONOM IEL A DÉCLENCHÉ LES FOUDRES DE L’ENFER EN FRANCE HOW A PRONOUN CAUSED PANDEMONIUM IN FRANCE

LA TOUR EIFFEL • Chaque mois, France-Amérique examine les symboles qui unissent – ou divisent – la France et les États-Unis. Ce mois-ci, la tour Eiffel et la statue de la Liberté, qui partagent une histoire méconnue.

THE STATUE OF LIBERTY • Every month, France-Amérique takes a closer look at the symbols that unite – or divide – France and the United States. This issue features the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty, which share a little-known history.

CINQ FIGURES FRANÇAISES DE LA TECH AUX ÉTATS-UNIS / Five French Figures in American Tech • As the world’s biggest technology expo was hosted once again in Las Vegas earlier this month, we took a closer look at five French names who have changed – and continue to influence – American tech

Anny Blatt UN DESTIN, UNE MARQUE / A Brand, a Destiny • French-American journalist Anne Sinclair imposed her own personal style on television during the 1980s. Her recipe for success included uncompromising questions, a stare intense enough to defy powerful men, and mohair sweaters by Anny Blatt. Today, the longstanding brand is making a triumphant return thanks to two women: designer Anne Molineau and the label’s president Marion Carrette.

La Villa Albertine réinvente le soft power à la française / Reinventing French Soft Power at Villa Albertine • France has launched a new artistic residence concept in an effort to bolster cooperation with the United States in the arts and ideas sector. Villa Albertine is following in the footsteps of historic French residences abroad – in Rome, Madrid, and Kyoto – but hopes to also reconnect with the tradition of French cultural diplomacy and renew American perspectives.

FANNY LIATARD & JÉRÉMY TROUILH • Every month, France-Amérique will be talking to the residents at Villa Albertine, the new cultural institution launched by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, which offers an annual program of 60 artistic and cultural residencies in the United States. We’re starting this series with Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh, the French directors behind the movie Gagarine set in a housing project in Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris. As part of their New York residency, which started in October 2021, they settled in Harlem to write their next feature-length film, Still I Rise. By bike and on foot, they immerse themselves in the neighborhood, meeting its inhabitants, neighbors, university professors, healthcare workers, and photographers. Here is their account of their experience.

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