Carine May

A series of intertwining narratives set in Aubervilliers, one of the roughest slums in Paris, is combined with real-life interviews with current and former residents of the neighborhood. A stunning black and white evocation of a tight-knit community. (Brattle Theatre)

Jacques Prévert, an elementary school in Seine-Saint-Denis, is threatened by the arrival of a brand-new bobo-ecolo school. Zahia, the school's headmistress, in search of a social mix, teams up with Marion, a young teacher full of ideas, to create the first "green school" in the suburbs and attract new residents. But to do so, they'll have to deal with a rather... motley pedagogical team, and one that isn't exactly nature-oriented.