New York Mills: Tiny Souls screening
New York Mills Cultural Center
24 Main Avenue North, New York Mills, MN 56567- 04/01/2020
- 7pm
Event details
Wednesday April 1, 7pm
Tiny Souls
New York Mills Cultural Center
Mizna partners with SooVAC to bring contemporary arts programming by Southwest Asian + North African (SWANA) artists and filmmakers to greater Minnesota. Visual arts exhibition Let There Be Spaces in Your Togetherness will travel to New York Mills Cultural Center (March 4–April 3, 2020) accompanied by a selection of notable films from Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Fest. These events are for any and all who are curious about SWANA/Arab/Muslim narratives — all are welcome!
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ABOUT TINY SOULS:
Marwa, her mother, and her siblings are stranded in Jordan’s Zaatari refugee camp after escaping war in Syria in 2012. Marwa is nine. Her concerns revolve around school, and her interests around playtime. Four months into camp life, Marwa is beginning to expect that they will stay there only for another week, maybe two. Over the ensuing four years, the director follows Marwaʼs everyday life in the camp, where she blossoms from a child to a young woman. Marwa imagines herself as a “free pigeon,” unrestricted by walls and barbwire. As the years pass, Marwa gets attached to her camp friends and make-shift home, until one day, her elder brother is called for interrogation about his association with militant extremists. Only then does their “settled” life take an immense turn, revealing the uncertainty of their situation.