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.

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"

This notebook is a special partnership between Mizna and Asian American Writers Workshop, guest-edited by Mariam Bazeed. Full submissions guidelines … Continue reading "Call for Submissions: I Want Sky"

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 Winter 2021: Restored Classics"

WHAT: A quarterly SWANA film series presented by Mizna with the Trylon Cinema.WHERE: Trylon Cinema, 2820 E 33rd St, Minneapolis, … Continue reading "Mizna Film Series"

On January 17th, we’re celebrating our most recent issue Mizna: Queer + Trans Voices in abundance! This virtual reading features … Continue reading "Celebrating Abundance: Queer + Trans Voices Virtual Reading"