THE GLASS CEILING (LE PLAFOND DE VERRE)

THE GLASS CEILING (LE PLAFOND DE VERRE) DIRECTED BY YAMINA BENGUIGUI FRANCE / 2004 / FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES / 90 MIN SYNOPSIS Europe's racial make-up is quickly changing. French-Algerian filmmaker Yamina Benguigui is hoping to start a conversation about affirmative action - a policy that does not exist in France today. Benguigui's Le Plafond de Verre (Glass Ceiling) presents a series of sometimes very emotional first-hand accounts of discrimination against mostly black and North African Arab who are trying to find jobs. The documentary offers poignant and revealing accounts of discrimination faced by these full-fledged French citizens who are also children of immigrant parents. "Now that I am out there looking for work, I cannot forget that I am not French like other French people."— Nesrine Yahia "Politicians in France are mostly horrified to even think about such policies ( implementing an American-style affirmative action program with quotas) because they go against