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Films and Conversation with Basma al-Sharif
Spurlock Museum of World Cultures
600 S. Gregory St.
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 333-2360
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Award-winning Palestinian artist and filmmaker Basma al-Sharif
will present early and recent film works, Morgenkreis/Morning Circle (2025, 20:31minutes),
which follows a father and son in their intimate rituals as they prepare to start the day and head to kindergarten; Capital (2023, 19 minutes), which centers on the rise of fascism in Egypt
by focusing on architecture to highlight the shift from a colonial past to neocolonial infrastructure;
and Home Movies Gaza (2013, 24:10 minutes), which presents the Gaza Strip
as a microcosm for the failure of civilization.
The screenings will be followed by a conversation with Maryam Kashani.
In addition to this MillerComm event, al-Sharif's feature-length experimental film Ouroboros (2017)
will be screened on Friday, April 10, 7pm, Knight Auditorium.
Hosted by: Department of Asian American Studies, Mellon Minor Aesthetics Lab,
and Department of Gender & Women's Studies