TV5MONDE USA Premiering LE GRAND REMIX As Part March Mois de la Francophonie Celebration

TV5MONDE USA, America's only 24/7 French language entertainment channel, has scheduled the world television premiere of the inaugural recipient of the 2017 French Culture Film Grant - Le Grand Remix - at 8:30pm/ET-5:30pm/PT on March 21st as part of its annual month-long Mois de la Francophonie celebration. French Culture Film Grant is the result of a partnership formed last year between #CreateLouisiana and TV5MONDE USA to celebrate Louisiana-based filmmakers and to inspire them to create groundbreaking new films showcasing French culture, the history of Louisiana and local acting talent.

A narrative film, Le Grand Remix, which was shot entirely in New Orleans, focuses on Casse-Tête and Josephine, two francophone New Orleans denizens facing an immigration dilemma. Josephine (Marie Ba) is forced to choose between family ties back in AFRICA and her French immersion school teacher life in New Orleans. When a former student, Vietnamese-American DJ Casse-Tête (Chloe Nelson), spins a blend of French Touch and Cajun cowboy music, Josephine loses herself to dance. Sharing visions of how they imagine their worlds could be, each young woman inspires the other to forge ahead and brave her own reality.

Said TV5MONDE USA Chief Operating Officer Patrice Courtaban, "TV5MONDE USA is thrilled to bring Le Grand Remix to a national television audience. This moment in time was what we had in mind when deciding to become the lead French Culture Film Grant partner." He added, "We are also quite pleased to provide our viewers with another month-long celebration of all things Francophonie with the special programming, including powerful and illuminating documentaries, we'll air under the Mois de la Francophonie banner."

Our channel is honored to simultaneously celebrate the creativity of Louisiana filmmakers and its rich francophone history belonging to the state of Louisiana."

The Mois de la Francophonie celebration will also include such programming as:

· Cry on the bayou (Cris sur le bayou), follows director Danic Champoux as he speaks with Barry Ancelet, a famous Louisianan linguist and other local Cajuns who live their daily lives in French. Airs March 21st at 9:30 pm ET / 6:30 pm PT.

· Louisiana, Creole America (Louisiane, l'amérique créole), a documentary taking a look at the impact of Creole culture in Louisiana. Airs March 24th at 9:20 pm ET/ 6:20 pm PT.

· Maine, natural America (Maine, l'amérique au naturel), chronicles the life of the inhabitants of Maine who are strongly attached to their history and lifestyle revolving around the vast natural spaces. Airs March 24th at 8:30 pm ET/ 5:30 pm PT.

· Rendezvous of America (Rendez-vous d'Amérique Special Francophonie) - Magazine show discussing the top political and cultural news in the United States. Airs March 21st at 10:40 pm ET / 7:40 pm PT.

· Questions for a champion (Et les mistrals gagnants) - Game show host Samuel Étienne tests contestants general knowledge of world history and culture. Airs March 6th at 7:29 pm ET / 4:29 pm PT.

· And the winning mistrals (Et les mistrals gagnants) - A documentary following the daily lives of five children and the array of hospital nurses and docs fighting to save their lives. Airs March 11th 3:30 am ET / 12:30 am PT.

· The Frenchies in Hollywood (Les "Frenchies" à Hollywood) - Director Gilles Nadeau shares archived footage of the most successful French actors and directors to work in Hollywood such as Maurice Chevalier, Jean Dujardin, Leslie Caron, Simone Signoret, Micheline Presle, Macha Méril, Francis Veber, Tchéky Karyo and Julie Delpy. Airs March 19th at 3:57 pm ET / 12:57pm PT.

· The tontons flingueurs (Les tontons flingueurs) - A comedy following Louis, an ailing man and his childhood friend, Fernand Naudin. When Fernand discovers that Louis is on his deathbed, he decides to take over a number of his friend's illegal business activities. Airs March 20th at 9:30 pm ET / 6:30pm PT.

· Tomorrow, after the war (Demain, après la guerre) - Follows Jules, a police officer investigating the murder of his fiancée. Airs March 29th at 8:30 pm ET/ 5:30 pm PT.

· Milky Way - Comedy follows three friends who relocate to La Chaux-de-Fonds in hopes of starting fresh. Airs March 15th at 9:29 pm ET / 6:29pm PT.

· Prisoners (Prisonnières) - Drama takes a look at the lives and daily challenges of the women in The Centre pénitentiaire de Rennes, where hundreds of prisoners live in CROWDED conditions, each with her own story, mistakes, small victories and above all revolts. Airs March 8th at 8:30 pm ET / 5:30 pm PT.

The partnership with #CreateLouisiana represents yet another link with the state of Louisiana and its people. Last year TV5MONDE USA announced that its programming would also consist of HD offerings in Greater Louisiana on Channel 1226 and in New Orleans on Channel 1335 via Cox Louisiana. For more than a decade, TV5MONDE has been carried across Louisiana on Cox, which has enabled the channel to expand both its carriage and enhance its services to households throughout the state.

TV5MONDE is the global French language entertainment network, broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, without commercial interruptions. TV5MONDE USA is a premium pay-tv channel reaching 1.5 million viewers in the U.S., and has been carried on COX in Louisiana since 2001. American viewers enjoy a wealth of high quality French language programming, subtitled in English, including up to 300 classic, recent and never-before-seen in the U.S. French language films, around the clock newscasts live from Paris, the latest series and TV dramas, premium documentaries, cultural programs and international sports coverage. To find channel information and more information about TV5MONDE USA and its programming, please visit: www.tv5mondeusa.com

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