Tournées French Film Festival: 'May Allah Bless France!'

OWU’s third annual Tournées French Film Festival presents “May Allah Bless France!” in Room 301 of Merrick Hall, 65 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. (Malik, 2014, not rated.) The first feature by acclaimed French rapper and novelist Abd Al Malik, this coming-of-age story is based on Malik’s own youth. The film follows the struggles of Régis, a budding rapper who relies on petty crime to fund his passion for music. But as his fellow musicians get lured into drug dealing, Régis finds salvation in the classics of French literature and his conversion to Sufi Islam. The film features English subtitles and includes introductions and post-viewing discussions led by OWU faculty and students. Admission is free. Learn more at www.owu.edu/mfl.