Hello! Bonjour!

We are Jessamine Irwin and Daniel Quintanilla, co-directors of The Intersection  (Le Carrefour), a short documentary shedding light on the overlap of past and present immigrant experiences in Maine. Our premiere took place at the Camden International Film Festival on September 19, 2021. We were able to launch this film thanks to grants from TV5Monde, The Points North Institute and the Maine Humanities Council but we need your support to make The Intersection (Le Carrefour) widely available in educational settings and to general audiences. 

Your donation for this project is tax-deductible since it will flow through Julia Schulz, Executive Producer of The Intersection  (Le Carrefour) and Co-Director of Speaking Place , the documentary's fiscal sponsor and a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit focused on reviving endangered languages and social justice. 

In The Intersection  (Le Carrefour) Cecile reconnects with the French of her childhood thanks to Trésor and his family, recently arrived Franco-African immigrants seeking asylum in Cecile’s hometown of Lewiston, Maine. Cecile’s Franco roots tie her to the thousands of French-Canadians who came before her to power the local mills, and who suffered from decades of discrimination and oppression. As history repeats itself, Cecile and Trésor develop a tight friendship that helps Cecile finally find her pride in being Franco-American. Please visit lecarrefourfilm.com for more details.

We appreciate your support and cannot wait to share this story with you.

Thank you so much! Merci beaucoup!

Jessamine & Daniel