Sport and Memory: attend the outdoor cinema of the Memorial this summer summer programming

This initiative explores the role of the Games in social and cultural evolution over the past century.

Projection of «The Color of Victory» by Stephen Hopkins

Thursday, August 22, 2024, at 9:30 PM

Canada, Germany, France, fiction, 134 min, Forecast Pictures, JoBro Productions & Film Finance, Solofilms and Trinity Race, 2016.

1936, while the Berlin Olympic Games promise a glorification of the Third Reich, Jesse Owens, an African-American athlete will thwart Adolf Hitler’s racial speeches with his performance.

Projection of 'Invictus' by Clint Eastwood 

Saturday, August 24, 2024, at 9:30 PM

USA, South Africa, fiction, 134 min, Warner Bros., Spyglass Entertainment, Revelations Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Liberty Pictures and Mace Neufeld Productions, 2010.

The 1995 rugby world cup is organized in South Africa. Nelson Mandela, newly elected president, will use the event to bring together a country battered by Apartheid and racism.

Projection of "The Chariots of Fire" by Hugh Hudson

Sunday, August 25, 2024, at 21:30

UK, fiction, 119 min, Allied Stars Ltd. and Enigma Productions, 1981.

In the 1920s, two British athletes will compete in the 100 meters event. Behind the competition hides two stakes, for one to fight anti-Semitism, for the other to affirm their religious faith.

The public is invited to participate in this new edition of outdoor cinema and to reflect on the importance of memory in the context of major sports events.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity at the Shoah Memorial.

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