Arab Women in the Arts is an annual showcase presented by the Arab Film and Media Institute to honor generations of Arab women who have excelled in and revolutionized all forms of artistic expression.
Our highlighted filmmaker this year is the highly accomplished Annemarie Jacir. We will be honoring her with a special screening of her debut feature SALT OF THIS SEA starring Suheir Hammad and Saleh Bakri.
The film is about Soraya, a young woman born in Brooklyn to a working class community of Palestinian refugees. She discovers that her grandfather's savings were frozen in a bank account in Jaffa when he was exiled in 1948. Stubborn, passionate and determined to reclaim what is hers, she fulfills her life-long dream of "returning" to Palestine. Slowly she is taken apart by the reality around her and is forced to confront her own internal anger. She meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition, contrary to hers, is to leave forever. Tired of the constraints that dictate their lives, they know in order to be free, they must take things into their own hands, even if it's illegal.
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Our highlighted filmmaker this year is the highly accomplished Annemarie Jacir. We will be honoring her with a special screening of her debut feature SALT OF THIS SEA starring Suheir Hammad and Saleh Bakri.
The film is about Soraya, a young woman born in Brooklyn to a working class community of Palestinian refugees. She discovers that her grandfather's savings were frozen in a bank account in Jaffa when he was exiled in 1948. Stubborn, passionate and determined to reclaim what is hers, she fulfills her life-long dream of "returning" to Palestine. Slowly she is taken apart by the reality around her and is forced to confront her own internal anger. She meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition, contrary to hers, is to leave forever. Tired of the constraints that dictate their lives, they know in order to be free, they must take things into their own hands, even if it's illegal.
Arab Women in the Arts is an annual showcase presented by the Arab Film and Media Institute to honor generations of Arab women who have excelled in and revolutionized all forms of artistic expression.
Our highlighted filmmaker this year is the highly accomplished Annemarie Jacir. We will be honoring her with a special screening of her debut feature SALT OF THIS SEA starring Suheir Hammad and Saleh Bakri.
The film is about Soraya, a young woman born in Brooklyn to a working class community of Palestinian refugees. She discovers that her grandfather's savings were frozen in a bank account in Jaffa when he was exiled in 1948. Stubborn, passionate and determined to reclaim what is hers, she fulfills her life-long dream of "returning" to Palestine. Slowly she is taken apart by the reality around her and is forced to confront her own internal anger. She meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition, contrary to hers, is to leave forever. Tired of the constraints that dictate their lives, they know in order to be free, they must take things into their own hands, even if it's illegal.
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Our highlighted filmmaker this year is the highly accomplished Annemarie Jacir. We will be honoring her with a special screening of her debut feature SALT OF THIS SEA starring Suheir Hammad and Saleh Bakri.
The film is about Soraya, a young woman born in Brooklyn to a working class community of Palestinian refugees. She discovers that her grandfather's savings were frozen in a bank account in Jaffa when he was exiled in 1948. Stubborn, passionate and determined to reclaim what is hers, she fulfills her life-long dream of "returning" to Palestine. Slowly she is taken apart by the reality around her and is forced to confront her own internal anger. She meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition, contrary to hers, is to leave forever. Tired of the constraints that dictate their lives, they know in order to be free, they must take things into their own hands, even if it's illegal.
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