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Synopsis
Synopsis
Melvin Van Peebles’s edgy, angsty, romantic first feature could never have been made in America. Unable to break into a segregated Hollywood, Van Peebles decamped to France, taught himself the language, and wrote a number of books in French, one of which, La permission,would become his stylistically innovative feature debut. Turner (Harry Baird), an African American soldier stationed in France, is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base by his casually racist commanding officer and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman (Nicole Berger)—but what happens to their love when his furlough is over? Channeling the brash exuberance of the French New Wave, Van Peebles creates an exploration of the psychology of an interracial relationship as well as a commentary on France’s contradictory attitudes about race that is playful, sarcastic, and stingingly subversive by turns, and that laid the foundation for the scorched-earth cinematic revolution he would unleash just a few years later with Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song.
Introduction
Introduction
Watch this introduction to Story of a Three Day Pass (La Permission) with Dr. Erin Lee Mock from UWG's English program.
Post-film Discussion
Post-film Discussion
Watch this discussion with UWG Professor and Director of Film Studies Minor, Dr. Erin Lee Mock, for a deeper dive into the film.
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On-demand Screening
On-demand Screening
Anytime between February 14-17
Distributor: Janus Films
View film between February 14th -February 17th
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Watch the trailer
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Credits
Credits
DIRECTOR
Melvin Van Peebles
SCREENPLAY
Melvin Van Peebles
PRODUCER
Office de Productions, Editions et Réalisations Artistiques (OPERA)
CAST
Nicole Berger
Pierre Doris
Christian Marin
George Birt
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