Film: Young Arab Filmmakers

Arab Cinema Panorama

Film: Young Arab Filmmakers

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

School of Managament Room 137   7:00 pm
Free and open to the public

IMPORTANT SCHEDULING CHANGE!*
Arab Cinema Panorama presents Young Arab Filmmakers Showcase- A special program of films by young Arab filmmakers including the award-winning short Under the Sun (Ali Mostafa, United Arab Emirates, 2005, 23 min.), and videos created by youth, ages 10 and up, in participation with the Contrast Project/Voices Beyond Walls--digital storytelling workshops in Palestine for personal expression, empowerment, nonviolent activism, and advocacy (10 short videos made between 2006-2007, approximately 63 minutes.)
*This event replaces the screening of the Raed Andoni film Improvisation. Funding assistance for the Arab Cinema Panorama has been provided by the: Five College Film Council, the Five Colleges Lecture Fund and the College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.