Paris, Je T'Aime + Visits to France photo exhibit

Circle Cinema, Alliance Francaise de Tulsa, and photographer Layton Isaacs Baker invite you to a special evening for Francophiles! 

Thursday June 4  - starting at 6pm, join us for an opening reception of the photo exhibit "Visits to France" by Layton Isaacs Baker on the east wall of the gallery. Then at 7pm, see the classic anthology film "Paris, Je T'Aime" back on the big screen. 

Tickets for the film screening on sale now, regular price. The gallery reception is free and open for the public to attend. The exhibit will remain on display through the month of June.

About the exhibit: Originally from Oklahoma, Layton Isaacs Baker is a writer and a photographer who began studying French in 8th grade, drawn to the culture's appreciation of beauty, literature, and fine arts. She fell in love with Paris while taking classes at La Sorbonne, the University of Paris and living at the Cite Universitaire de Paris. She returned to study in Angers, France and lived with a French family in immersion.  She has visited France several times over the last twenty years, continuing to explore Paris's wonders when possible, and finding new ones throughout the country.  Layton enjoys exploring wonder, curiosity, beauty, history, identity and transformation in her work.  She is working on additional books featuring photography from Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Greece and the United States. She is also working on a memoir about her first summer as a student in Paris tentatively titled Sudden Summer Downpours, and a collection of short memoir pieces paired with photographs titled, The Feel of Travel.

About Alliance Francaise de Tulsa: The Alliance Française de Tulsa promotes the French language and culture, as well as cross-cultural relationship, through programs, activities and membership. The Alliance Française of Tulsa offers language classes, events, conversational meet-ups, and other activities throughout the year. Visit AFTulsa.org for more.

About the film: 2hr - Antholody, Drama, Romance - Rated R for language and brief drug use - French and English

Originally released in 2006, "Paris, Je T'Aime" is a love letter to the City of Light and was nominated for the Un Certain Regard award at Cannes. 20 renowned filmmakers were given five minutes each for a short film; the audience must weave a single narrative out of 20 moments. The 20 moments are fused by transitional interstitial sequences and also via the introduction and epilogue. Each transition begins with the last shot of the previous film and ends with the first shot of the following film, extending the enchantment and the emotion of the previous segment, preparing the audience for a surprise, and providing a cohesive atmosphere. A reappearing mysterious character is a witness to the Parisian life. A common theme of Paris and love fuses all.