"Le Grand Voyage": 13th Annual Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival 2006
An Islamic father and his secular son set out on a 3,000-mile pilgrimage from their home in a French suburb to Mecca. Ismael Ferroukhi has called his film "spiritual rather than religious or political… a tribute to my parents and the 97% of Muslims we never hear about in the Western world." Best 1st Feature, Venice Film Festival. Co-sponsored by Comparative Literature & French Studies, University. Introduced by Emir Benli, Comparative Literature.
