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As Mizna marks our 25th organizational anniversary, our 18th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival returns September 25–29, 2024 at the Main Cinema in Minneapolis with a closing day of special films and programs at the Walker Art Center. Anchored by stories from Palestine and Sudan, the 2024 festival brings programming that responds to the catastrophic state faced by much of the SWANA region while providing audiences a space to engage with critical, stimulating, and challenging ideas, histories, and aesthetics.
Join us for a special outdoor screening under the Third Ave. Bridge. Free to attend, suggested donation of $10. Audiences are encouraged to bring their own chairs!
September 26, 2024 at 7pm
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GATHERING UNDER THE BRIDGE
Join us beginning at 7:00pm under the Third Avenue Bridge, outside of the Main Cinema. Festival sponsors Baba’s Hummus will have a food truck and Batroun Wines will serve Lebanese wine for a suggested donation + DJ Jacques will be spinning records!
OUTDOOR FILM
At 8:00pm, Catch the classic 1977 Sudanese film Tajouje outdoors under the Third Avenue Bridge, a screening curated by guest programmer Fatima Wardy. Free to attend, suggested donation of $10. Audiences are encouraged to bring their own chairs!
ABOUT THE FILM
Curated by one of our guest programmers–– filmmaker, curator, and educator Fatima Wardy––this Sudanese classic from the 1970s has it all: romance, melodrama, tragedy, comedy, poetry, song, and dance. Considered one of the first narrative feature films from Sudan, Tajouje is an adaptation of a novel by the same name, which tells the tale of forbidden love and examines the social dynamics of a small village in the region during the 19th century. The film captures a striking moment in Sudanese history, and this digitized print makes it available in the present. Upon its release, the film screened in Cairo, Moscow, Berlin, Carthage, and Cannes. It can be viewed today due to the efforts of Sara Gubara, filmmaker Gadalla Gubara’s daughter and collaborator, as well as the Arsenal Film Institute in Berlin.
This screening is presented with the support of Trylon Cinema and Soft Cult Studio.
