Shedding light on history before watching it: a lecture on women in U.S. history, followed by the film Free Angela
Documentary by Shola Lynch with Angela Davis, Eisa Davis. 1h37. France, USA.
Angela Davis, a philosophy professor and African-American activist, engages in feminist, anti-racist, and communist struggles. Accused in 1970 of participating in a deadly hostage-taking, she became the most wanted woman in the United States. Supported by a vast international movement, she was ultimately acquitted. A symbol of the fight against all forms of oppression, Angela Davis remains, to this day, a committed and inspiring figure…
The screening will be followed by the lecture “Women and History in the United States” by Virginie Adane, Senior Lecturer in Modern History and specialist in North American colonial history.
In 2024, for only the second time in the country’s history, a woman was in a position to access the presidency of the United States, in an election campaign marked by the fight for reproductive freedom and a violently misogynistic rhetoric, intensified since Donald Trump’s inauguration. Behind these current events lie structural inequalities that have led to the marginalization of public space, which also reflects approaches to writing history. Since the 1970s, however, a rich historiographical tradition has invited a re-examination of U.S. history, from the formation of the first colonial societies to the rise of 21st-century feminisms.
Virginie Adane is a Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Nantes University. A specialist in early modern North American history, she works particularly on colonial history and the themes of women and gender. She has recently published Aux origines de New York: femmes et hommes dans la formation d’une société nouvelle (PUR, 2024), 1619: The Other Origin of the United States (PUF, 2025), and Des femmes en Amérique: une histoire des États-Unis de Pocahontas à #MeToo (Perrin, 2025).
Pricing: €5.50 with the Unipop subscription card (annual card €15)
Without a subscription card: regular prices + €2.50
14 previews or Unipop film-lecture events are scheduled from September 2025 to June 2026
Angela Davis, a philosophy professor and African-American activist, engages in feminist, anti-racist, and communist struggles. Accused in 1970 of participating in a deadly hostage-taking, she became the most wanted woman in the United States. Supported by a vast international movement, she was ultimately acquitted. A symbol of the fight against all forms of oppression, Angela Davis remains, to this day, a committed and inspiring figure…
The screening will be followed by the lecture “Women and History in the United States” by Virginie Adane, Senior Lecturer in Modern History and specialist in North American colonial history.
In 2024, for only the second time in the country’s history, a woman was in a position to access the presidency of the United States, in an election campaign marked by the fight for reproductive freedom and a violently misogynistic rhetoric, intensified since Donald Trump’s inauguration. Behind these current events lie structural inequalities that have led to the marginalization of public space, which also reflects approaches to writing history. Since the 1970s, however, a rich historiographical tradition has invited a re-examination of U.S. history, from the formation of the first colonial societies to the rise of 21st-century feminisms.
Virginie Adane is a Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Nantes University. A specialist in early modern North American history, she works particularly on colonial history and the themes of women and gender. She has recently published Aux origines de New York: femmes et hommes dans la formation d’une société nouvelle (PUR, 2024), 1619: The Other Origin of the United States (PUF, 2025), and Des femmes en Amérique: une histoire des États-Unis de Pocahontas à #MeToo (Perrin, 2025).
Pricing: €5.50 with the Unipop subscription card (annual card €15)
Without a subscription card: regular prices + €2.50
14 previews or Unipop film-lecture events are scheduled from September 2025 to June 2026
