September 2023
Pegah Pasalar, Mounira Al Solh, Basma al-Sharif, Suneil Sanzgiri
EVERYWHERE WAS THE SAMEFeaturing Pegah Pasalar, Mounira Al Solh, Basma al-Sharif, Suneil Sanzgiri, and Mirene Arsanios In-person Sep 12, 2023 screening:at e-flux Screening Room at 7 pm ETScreening will be followed by a conversation with filmmakers Pegah Pasalar and Suneil Sanzgiri moderated by writer Mirene Arsanios.Address: 172 Classon Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205Get Tickets here Online Screening:…
Suneil Sanzgiri
, 2019
, 11 min
In 1961, fourteen years after India gained independence from Britain, the Indian Armed Forces defeated the last remaining Portuguese colonizers in the newly formed state of Goa. The artist’s father was eighteen at the time, and had just moved away from his small village of Curchorem to Bombay for school when news reached him about…
Basma al-Sharif
, 2007
In an empty room, a slideshow projection of abandoned places plays alongside the narrative of two girls who find themselves on the shores of a pre-apocalyptic paradise. Told through subtitle text that weaves fact and fiction together, the story of a massacre unfolds. When the image and text malfunction and the story is no longer…
Dina Amer
FIlmmaker Dina Amer in Conversation with ArteEast Special Projects Curator Lila Nazemian
August 2023
Latifa Said, Moumen Smihi, Dina Amer
UN/BELONGING Featuring works by Dina Amer, Latifa Said and Moumen Smihi Screening Online: August 12 – 20, 2023 RSVP: artearchive.orgFree / $5 suggested donationAvailable in the Middle East, North Africa, United States and Canada In person screening: Sunday, August 13, 2023UnionDocs: 352 Onderdonk Ave, Queens, NY 11385Buy tickets here UN/BELONGING presents films that share intimate stories from the North African immigrant experience in…
, 2021
, 90 min
Synopsis: Cultural and intergenerational trauma erupt in this story about two sisters on the outskirts of Paris. After the siblings are torn apart, the eldest, Hasna, struggles to find her identity, leading to a choice that shocks the world. Director Dina Amer takes on one of the darkest issues of our time and deconstructs it in…
July 2023
Zayn Alexander, Jenna Mahmoud-Bosco, Shayma Aziz, Darine Hotait, Randa Ali, Reem Jubran, Lily Ekimian Ragheb and Ahmed T. Ragheb
PRAYER OF THE WANDERER is a short film program that explores the complex and multifaceted experiences of Arab American immigrants in their pursuit of identity within the context of living in the United States. By delving into their narratives, this event seeks to shed light on the richness and diversity of Arab American cultural heritage…
Jenna Mahmoud-Bosco
, 14 min
Gamal, a new immigrant who works as a dishwasher at a diner, has to find a place to live after his friend kicks him out. Gamal’s coworker, Jose, encourages him to call Fritzie, a friendly regular customer who’s looking for a tenant. Fritzie’s high strung daughter, Rachel, pressures Fritzie to sell her house and live…
Shayma Aziz
, 2023
, 10 min
Between Land and Sky is an experimental moving image project which involves narration, stop motion animation, performance, ritual music and manipulated video. It explores the idea of estrangement by following a sequence of nonlinear events that connect childhood trauma, and vague memories to longing for a sense of home. The connection comes through the voice…
Darine Hotait
, 2015
Two Arab-American women in New York City fall in love, argue about home and identity, engage in a chess battle, and express themselves through the power of the spoken word.
