Starting Friday, March 19, at 7pm EDT, join us for a live premiere of two experimental short films by Yemeni-Bosnian-U.S. multi-media artist, Alia Ali: Conflict Is More Profitable Than Peace and مهجر // Mahjar, followed by a dialogue + Q&A with Alia, hosted by AANM Film Curator Dave Serio, addressing discourses on Yemeni Futurism in regards to nostalgic pasts, dystopian presents, and carving out spaces of radically imagined futures.
This event is part of 7 x 7 // 7 Artists, 7 Years, marking the 7th year of war in Yemen, a selection of short films by seven Yemeni filmmakers that collectively push back against binary portrayals of Yemenis as victims and/or villains, and instead provide an expansive view on how Yemenis present themselves, on their own terms.
To check out the rest of the film program, which will be available to stream for 48 hours after the live talkback, please go HERE,
This program is brought to you by the Arab American National Museum, Arab Film and Media Institute, ArteEast, The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, The Department of Art History at Pomona College, and Youth of the World Together.
Starting Friday, March 19, at 7pm EDT, join us for a live premiere of two experimental short films by Yemeni-Bosnian-U.S. multi-media artist, Alia Ali: Conflict Is More Profitable Than Peace and مهجر // Mahjar, followed by a dialogue + Q&A with Alia, hosted by AANM Film Curator Dave Serio, addressing discourses on Yemeni Futurism in regards to nostalgic pasts, dystopian presents, and carving out spaces of radically imagined futures.
This event is part of 7 x 7 // 7 Artists, 7 Years, marking the 7th year of war in Yemen, a selection of short films by seven Yemeni filmmakers that collectively push back against binary portrayals of Yemenis as victims and/or villains, and instead provide an expansive view on how Yemenis present themselves, on their own terms.
To check out the rest of the film program, which will be available to stream for 48 hours after the live talkback, please go HERE,
This program is brought to you by the Arab American National Museum, Arab Film and Media Institute, ArteEast, The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, The Department of Art History at Pomona College, and Youth of the World Together.