THREE RECENT FILMS FROM TUNISIA AND EGYPT FEATURED IN ‘UPHEAVAL: VIEWS FROM THE ARAB WORLD’ SERIES
Museum of the Moving Image will present three recent features from Egypt and Tunisia as part of the series Upheaval: Views from the Arab World on December 4 and 5, 2015. These dramatic and documentary features highlight the intense and profound cultural reality and visceral artistic representations of a people defined by geography, language, and culture. The films include
Bastardo (2013, Dir. Nejib Belkadhi), a noir-meets-magical-realism story set in contemporary Tunisia;
El Gort (2013, Dir. Hamza el Ouni), a documentary portrait of young Tunisian hay workers before and after the revolution (with documentary subject Khaireddine Hajri in person);
The Trace of the Butterfly (2014, Dir. Amal Ramsis), an intimate look at the Egyptian revolution from the point of view of a Coptic woman whose brother died in protests. See below for full descriptions and schedule.
The series is organized by guest curator Mais Darwazah, Alwan for the Arts. Major support for this series is provided by the Ford Foundation, with additional support from Con Edison.
Tickets for each film are $12 ($9 seniors and students / free for Museum members at the Film Lover level and above). Advance tickets are available online.
SCHEDULE FOR ‘UPHEAVAL: VIEWS FROM THE ARAB WORLD,’ DEC. 4–5, 2015
All screenings take place at Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Avenue in Astoria, New York. Tickets are $12 adults ($9 seniors and students / $6 children 3–12) and free for Museum members at the Film Lover level and above. Advance tickets are available online at http://movingimage.us. Ticket purchase includes same-day admission to the Museum’s galleries.
BastardoFRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 7:30 P.M.
Dir. Nejib Belkadhi. 2013, 106 mins. Digital Projection. In Arabic with English subtitles. With Abdel Moneem Chouayat. Bastardo is the story of Mohsen ‘the bastard’ whose origins and history are unknown. He was found in a dustbin 30 years ago by Am Salah, his adoptive father, and has always been excluded and rejected by the residents of the rundown district where he lives. After being fired from his job, Mohsen, in cahoots with his friend Khlifa, places a mobile phone relay tower on the roof of his house for a substantial monthly payment. The tower allows the locals to have access to mobile phones for the first time. This Tunisian drama film was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
El Gort With documentary subject Khaireddine Hajri in person
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2:00 P.M.Dir. Hamza el Ouni. 2013, 86 mins. Digital Projection. In Arabic with English subtitles. This documentary follows the evolution of a group of young Tunisians working in the hay trade, tracking their movements and transformations between fragility and toughness, before and after the Tunisian revolution.
The Trace of the Butterfly (Athar Al Farasha) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 5:00 P.M.
Dir. Amal Ramsis. 2014, 68 mins. Digital Projection. In Arabic with English subtitles. What does a butterfly leave behind when it flutters in the air around us? How do we feel its trace? The documentary begins with the Maspero massacre in Egypt in October 2011, which left 27 Coptic Christian demonstrators dead. Among those killed was the “Guevara of the Egyptian Revolution,” Mina Daniel. His sister Mary takes us on a two-year journey of the Egyptian Revolution—two years of frustration and triumph, of deaths, and the feeling of the perpetual absence and presence of the departed.
BastardoFRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 7:30 P.M.
Dir. Nejib Belkadhi. 2013, 106 mins. Digital Projection. In Arabic with English subtitles. With Abdel Moneem Chouayat. Bastardo is the story of Mohsen ‘the bastard’ whose origins and history are unknown. He was found in a dustbin 30 years ago by Am Salah, his adoptive father, and has always been excluded and rejected by the residents of the rundown district where he lives. After being fired from his job, Mohsen, in cahoots with his friend Khlifa, places a mobile phone relay tower on the roof of his house for a substantial monthly payment. The tower allows the locals to have access to mobile phones for the first time. This Tunisian drama film was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
El Gort With documentary subject Khaireddine Hajri in person
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2:00 P.M.Dir. Hamza el Ouni. 2013, 86 mins. Digital Projection. In Arabic with English subtitles. This documentary follows the evolution of a group of young Tunisians working in the hay trade, tracking their movements and transformations between fragility and toughness, before and after the Tunisian revolution.
The Trace of the Butterfly (Athar Al Farasha) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 5:00 P.M.
Dir. Amal Ramsis. 2014, 68 mins. Digital Projection. In Arabic with English subtitles. What does a butterfly leave behind when it flutters in the air around us? How do we feel its trace? The documentary begins with the Maspero massacre in Egypt in October 2011, which left 27 Coptic Christian demonstrators dead. Among those killed was the “Guevara of the Egyptian Revolution,” Mina Daniel. His sister Mary takes us on a two-year journey of the Egyptian Revolution—two years of frustration and triumph, of deaths, and the feeling of the perpetual absence and presence of the departed.
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