Northwestern Events Calendar

Apr
17
2014

Moroccan Chronicles: The Films of Moumen Smihi

When: Thursday, April 17, 2014
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM CT

Where: Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh, 40 Arts Circle Drive , Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Cost: free

Contact: Block Cinema Office   (847) 491-4000

Group: Block Cinema

Category: Fine Arts

Description:

Program in Middle East and North African Studies and the Block Cinema Present: "Moroccan Chronicles: The Films of Moumen Smihi"

Tonight’s Films:

"Moroccan Chronicles" (1999; 70 min.)

"A Muslim Childhood" (2005; 83 min.)

"Moroccan Chronicles: The Films of Moumen Smihi" is a retrospective consisting of seven newly printed and English-subtitled films (six features, one short film) by Moroccan director Moumen Smihi. Films will show on Thursday, April 10, Friday, April 11, Thursday, April 17 and Friday, April 18th at the Block Cinema.

A filmmaker and foundational figure of the “New Arab Cinema” of the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia) that began in the 1970s, Smihi is one of the most important Arab filmmakers working today, with a long pedigree of exceptional films that are as fearless in their politics as they are quietly radical in their form. With a strongly developed critical voice and an impressive body of beautifully made films, Smihi is an ideal figure for a retrospective. There will be a series of events on campus to complement the screenings at the Block Cinema.
These events are free and open to the public.

Co-Sponsored by:
Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies
Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities and the Harris Lecture Fund
Center for Global Culture and Communication

Additional Sponsorship from:
Department of French and Italian, French Interdisciplinary Group, Department of Radio, TV, and Film, Screen Cultures Program, Center for Screen Cultures, Postcolonial Film Project

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