10/19/2022
By Monica Melo

As part of the Department of World Languages and Cultures Global Cinema Series 2022-23, come join us for a film screening of the film "Le Grand Jack (Jack Kerouac's Road - A Franco-American Odyssey)," Herménégilde Chiasson, Canada, 1987, French with English subtitles on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) at O'Leary 222.

Part documentary, part drama, this film presents the life and work of Jack Kerouac, an American writer with Québec roots who became one of the most important spokesmen for his generation. Intercut with archival footage, photographs and interviews, this film takes apart the heroic myth and even returns to the childhood of the author whose life and work contributed greatly to the cultural, sexual and social revolution of the 1960s.

Co-sponsored by the Department of World Languages and Cultures, Digital Media, and the Jack and Stella Kerouac Center for Public Humanities


Questions contact Mercédès_Baillargeon@uml.edu.