Archive for March, 2010
Headed to the UK
It’s been a busy winter so far. The film has shown at major festivals in Dhaka, Ankara, Istanbul, and we won the Premio Mesquite for Best Documentary at the CineFestival in San Antonio, TX, the oldest Latino film festival in the United States.
Hamza, Jen, Suad, Hana, Zaheer, Kauthar, Munir, and other members of our team of family and friends have also been showing the film and speaking at universities across the country, such as Penn, Yale, NYU and University of Wisconsin. We’ve been privileged to do these events and have a lot more coming this spring, plus our first screenings and workshops in correctional facilities.
We’ve teamed up with Bakari Kitwana and Rap Sessions for a traveling panel focusing on race, class, culture and civil rights, with support from Campus Progress and Active Voice. We”ve had some incredible conversations with diverse folks around the country at these special screenings and panels and Rap Sessions is still booking more events so please contact them if you’d like us to come to your school.
And now Jen and Hamza are off to London for a week of screenings, workshops, and discussions!
We’ll have our long-awaited UK festival premiere at the Bradford International Film Festival in Yorkshire, a special screening in Glasgow hosted by Salaam Scotland, and lots of other great events organized by Faith Matters, a non-profit organization dedicated to conflict resolution and problem-solving.
Most of the events are free, and all should be intense and engaging - so we hope to see our UK friends there!
