McKnight, Ford, Bush, and Jerome Foundations Create New Initiative for Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American-Led Arts Organizations Press contact:Lana … Continue reading "Press Release: Mizna is Recognized as Regional Cultural Treasure"

Join us on Sunday, May 16, 6pm–8pm at Black Table Arts (3737 Minnehaha Ave, S Minneapolis 55406) for a gathering … Continue reading "تضامن | Solidarity: A Gathering for Palestine"

Hazem Fahmy This text is presented as part of the Mizna Film Series, a monthly selection which expands our regular film … Continue reading "Al Asleyeen"

UPDATE: A recording of the launch event of Mizna: The Comix Issue is available here. Join us in launching Mizna: … Continue reading "Mizna: The Comix Issue Virtual Launch"

Mizna is proud to present a reading exploring poetry and environmental justice featuring the powerful poets Samiya Bashir, Leila Chatti, … Continue reading "It is Burning./ It is Dreaming./ It is Waking Up/: Poetry and Environmental Justice"

A nylon bag dances across the gravel lot, crinkling, and the camera follows it. A gust of wind, caught on camera as a swirl of dust moving from right to left. Aljafari zooms in and follows the swirl, repeating the gesture a few times. Every day, at 5:13 am, a man in a checkered shirt walks across the lot to catch a bus.

The Mizna Film Series is a monthly selection of programs, marking our first venture into year-round curated film programming. While … Continue reading "Mizna Film Series Spring 2021: Surveillance"

Call for Summer 2021 Interns   Dates: June 1–August 31, 2021 (some flexibility in dates)  Stipend:  $1000 for summer internship Apply by March 22, … Continue reading "Summer 2021 Internship Opportunities"

Third Cinema filmmakers see film as a weapon with the camera as an “inexhaustible expropriator of image-weapons and the projector, a gun that can shoot 24 frames per second.”7 The act of filming then becomes more than a political act. Third Cinema films do not aim to re-aestheticize traditional cinematic modes, but to rather politicize cinema to the extent where a new cinematic code appropriate to its needs is established.