A Life, A Manifesto
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A Life, A Manifesto

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2026
1h 26m
movie
Documentary

The life of Michèle Firk — a trailblazing French journalist, film critic, aspiring director and communist activist involved in various liberation struggles in the second half of the 20th century — as told by narrator Alice Diop, modern day French director.

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Director / Creator: Jean-Gabriel Périot
Michèle Firk
Michèle Firk
Self (archive footage)
Nadia Tereszkiewicz
Nadia Tereszkiewicz
Narrator
Alice Diop
Alice Diop
Narrator

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