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تضامن | Solidarity: A Gathering for Palestine

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"

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Al Asleyeen

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"

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Mizna: The Comix Issue Virtual Launch

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"

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It is Burning./ It is Dreaming./ It is Waking Up/: Poetry and Environmental Justice

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"

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Life Must be Disrupted in Order to be Revealed: The Recording as Record and the Hyper-Surveilled Entity Not Meant to Exist in An Unusual Summer

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.

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Mizna Film Series Spring 2021: Surveillance

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"

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Summer 2021 Internship Opportunities

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"

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Soleil Ô and a Transnational Third Cinema

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.

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Takhiel! Imagine! Bilingual Performing Arts Camp for Kids

This summer, Mizna collaborates with teaching artists Taous Khazem and Mohammed Yabdri to offer a performing arts camp in Arabic … Continue reading "Takhiel! Imagine! Bilingual Performing Arts Camp for Kids"

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