Syria on Screen
New City Center (Sanctuary)
3104 16th Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55407- 05/16/2025
- 6pm
Event details
Co-presented by Mizna, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of Syria (CISPOS), and From the Periphery Media Collective, join us for a screening of The War Show (2016) by Obaidah Zytoon and post-screening discussion with Ramah Kudaimi and Mazen Halabi. This event aims to provide space for our local community to learn about and process the recent events in Syria.
Donations at the event go to SARD’s project to rebuild university dorms in Aleppo, Syria.
When: 6:00–9:00 PM (reception with light refreshments at 6:00 PM; film starts at 6:30 PM; discussion at 8:15 PM)
Where: New City Center (Sanctuary), 3104 16th Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55407
Panelists: Ramah Kudaimi and Mazen Halabi
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ABOUT THE FILM
The War Show tracks the experiences of radio host Obaidah Zytoon and her friends after they join the street protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in March 2011. This group of artists and activists filmed their perspective on this pivotal moment, even as the regime’s violent response spiraled into a bloody civil war and their hopes for a better future were tested by imprisonment and death. While making the film, Zytoon journeyed throughout the country, from her hometown Zabadani to the center of the rebellion in Homs and to northern Syria. A deeply personal road movie, The War Show captures the fate of Syria through the intimate story of a small circle of friends as their lives intersect with war.