Free Film Screenings at the Brentwood Arts Exchange

Tuesday, March 8, 6:30 pm

Film Screening: Reconciliation in Al-Mutanabbi Street

Forgive but Never Forget; Reconciliation in Al-Mutanabbi Street is a documentary film that follows the story of Al-Mutanabbi street in Baghdad, a street famed in Iraq for its Friday book auction and commitment to literature. In 2007, the street was hit by a terror attack, destroying the Alshabander Cafe, one of the street’s central social points. The owner of the cafe, Muhammed Alkshali, lost five sons in the attack. Despite this, he rebuilt the cafe and it has become a focal point of reconciliation in Baghdad.

Followed by a discussion with poet Amal Al-Jubouri about the film and the literary culture represented by Al-Mutanabbi Street.

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Thursday, March 10, 6:30 pm

Film Screening: Depictions of Bedouin Culture

Theeb (100 min, 2014). Directed by Naji Abu Nowar. The spellbinding Jordanian adventure film Theeb is a story set in the farthest reaches of the Ottoman Empire in 1916. A sinister and seriously wounded man and a preadolescent boy play cat and mouse as they help each other stay alive in a do-or-die struggle.

Followed by a discussion with Valerie Anishchenkova, U. MD. Director of Arabic Programs about Theeb’s depictions of Bedouin culture.

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Brentwood Arts Exchange

3901 Rhode Island Avenue

Brentwood, MD 20722

(301) 277-2863

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