FAM 175, 11am – 12:50pm
Guest: Professor Laura Marks
FILMS TO BE SCREENED:
Les Égarés (dir. Mounir Fatmi, Tunisia/France, 2005, 9:00)
My Son (dir. Lina Ghaibeh, Lebanon, 2006, 5:00)
Vacuum (dir. Adel Abidin, Iraq/Finland, 2005, 3:00, excerpt)
In This House (dir. Akram Zaatari, 40:00)
Dead Time (dir. Ghassan Salhab, 6:00)
An Outing About the Sea (dir. Sobhi al-Zobaidi, Palestine, 10:00, excerpt)
Usama Alshaibi (dir. Allahu Akbar, Iraq/United States, 2003 5:10)
Ça sera beau (From Beyrouth with Love, dir. Waël Noureddine, 30:00)
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UWM Union Theatre
Feb 24-26 Saturday-Monday film festival
African American Film Festival: We Were, We Are, We Will Be
7pm ** FREE **
Monday's theme: We Will Be
Suffering and Smiling
(dir. Dan Ollman, 60 min.)
Suffering and Smiling focuses on African musician Femi Kuti and his decades long struggle against the corruption of the Nigerian Government.
