29 Nov 2018
No Father, No Mother
Three young people circulate in different mobility categories. The newly emancipated city goes through its everyday experiences.
And yet they were there
Dominique, Suzanne, and Annette: three women who participated in the adventure of the Medvedkine groups (Besançon, Sochaux, 1967-1974). In those same years, the lives of our grandmothers and mothers experienced decisive changes: they worked outside the home and revolutionized customs. A group of Besançon students are investigating those events and questioning their own family memory.
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