{"id":290341,"date":"2021-03-24T12:23:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T15:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=290341"},"modified":"2021-03-29T12:31:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T15:31:39","slug":"poets-filmmakers-show-brings-together-works-by-arab-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/poets-filmmakers-show-brings-together-works-by-arab-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Poets, filmmakers: Show brings together works by Arab women"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The exhibition Arab Women \u2013 Film & Poetry will bring together short and feature films by Palestine\u2019s Annemarie Jacir (pictured above<\/em>) and the United Arab Emirates\u2019 Nujoom Al-Ghanem to the Brazilian audience. The online show is free of charge and runs from April 7 to 12. The event is organized by Brazil\u2019s Women in Film & Television (Wift Brasil<\/a>), which is sponsored by the law Aldir Blanc that allocates resources to the culture sector in the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Both directors are also poets. The Arab women will have their poems read by Brazilian women in a sarau that will take place throughout the event. The opening will see a talk with directors conducted by the show\u2019s curator, N\u00e1gila Guimar\u00e3es, a cofounder of Wift Brasil.<\/p>\n

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Having lived in the UAE, Brazil\u2019s N\u00e1gila Guimar\u00e3es is the show\u2019s curator<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Guimar\u00e3es developed the project based on her experience in the UAE. \u201cMy curatorship is very personal,\u201d she told ANBA. The curator lived in the Gulf country in three different periods from 1996 to 2015. \u201cIn the UAE I got to know Arab movies,\u201d explained Guimar\u00e3es, who worked in an Abu Dhabi festival for five years.<\/p>\n

In the UAE she met both filmmakers. \u201cI\u2019ve always found interesting this combination of talents \u2013 they are directors and poets \u2013 and how poetry is relevant in the Middle East. I wanted to take them both to Brazil. They are Arabs, but they are very different from each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

The artists<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wift Brasil stresses that Annemarie Jacir is a prominent figure of the \u201cNew Wave of Arab Cinema\u201d with two films that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Her debut film \u201cSalt of This Sea\u201d is considered the first featured film directed by a Palestinian woman. Jacir\u2019s three movies were submitted to the Academy Awards as Palestine\u2019s official representatives. \u201cYou\u2019ll see in Jacir\u2019s films and poetry the issue of the diaspora, the pain of non-belonging. You can\u2019t separate it. It\u2019s all connected,\u201d Guimar\u00e3es said.<\/p>\n

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UAE\u2019s Nujoom Al-Ghanem has published eight poetry collections and directed over twenty films<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Palestinian is also a curator and mentor and promotes the independent cinema in her country, seeking to train and hire locally. The filmmaker has also recently cofounded Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir for Art and Research in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n

As for Nujoom Al-Ghanem, she\u2019s a poet, artist and filmmaker born in another Arab region, the Gulf. From the UAE, she has published eight poetry collections and directed over twenty movies, Al Ghanem cofounded Nahar Productions, a film company based in Dubai, and works as a professional mentor in cinema and creative writing, as well as a cultural and media consultant.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd Al-Ghanem brings the issue of ancestry. People usually see the UAE as something modern, with huge buildings, but there\u2019s a more ancient history and tradition, too, and they are a minority in their own country, which is very unusual. Most of her work are documentaries focus on female figure. I believe Nujoom sees the tradition is fading, so she uses the cinema to bring that back,\u201d described the show\u2019s curator.<\/p>\n

Sarau<\/strong><\/p>\n

As for poetry, the program includes other activities such as Tamo Junta: \u201cBorder Poetics\u201d featuring Christina Queiroz, a journalist with a doctor\u2019s degree in Language and Literature from the University of S\u00e3o Paulo and moderated by Maristela Sanches Bizarro, a doctoral student in Brazilian Literature and Wift Brasil cofounder.<\/p>\n

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Feature film \u2018Wajib\u2019 is one of Anne Marie Jacir\u2019s movies to be screened in the show<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another feature is sarau \u201cWoman of Their Word:\u201d Poetry by women from the Arab countries and the outskirs of S\u00e3o Paulo. The sarau will feature performances by Paula Pretta, actress, musician and poet; Rose D\u00f3ria, poet of Sarau Cooperifa; and Vict\u00f3ria dos Santos, poet and musician. The performances inspired by Jacir and Al-Ghanem\u2019s works will feature actress Estela Lapponi and be directed by Paula Pretta.<\/p>\n

The entire program of the show will be streamed on TodesPlay<\/a>. The movies will be screened on the Brazilian territory only and limited to 300 viewers. Registration is required. The other events will stay on until the end of the show.<\/p>\n

Program<\/strong><\/p>\n

4\/7 \u2013 Wednesday<\/u><\/p>\n

5 pm \u2013 Meeting with the Artists \/Opening \u2013 English with Portuguese subtitles, 2021, 60 min
\n7 pm \u2013When I Saw You \u2013 Fiction, 2012, 98 min
\n9 pm \u2013Nearby Sky \u2013 Doc, 2017, 84 min<\/p>\n

4\/8 \u2013 Thursday\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n

5 pm \u2013 Sarau \u201cWomen of Their Word\u201d- Portuguese with English subtitles, 2021, 60 min
\n7 pm \u2013 Allat Haddad \u2013 Doc, 2014, 85 min
\n9 pm \u2013 Wajib \u2013 fiction, 2017, 96 min<\/p>\n

4\/9 \u2013 Friday\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n

5 pm \u2013 Debate \u2013 Tamo Junta \u2013 Portuguese \u2013 2021, 60 min
\n7 pm \u2013 Red, Blue & Yellow \u2013 Doc. 2013, 92 min
\n9 pm \u2013A few crumbs for the birds \u2013 2005, 28 min<\/p>\n

4\/10 \u2013 Saturday<\/u><\/p>\n

5 pm \u2013\u00a0Salt of this Sea \u2013 Fiction, 2008, 109 min
\n7 pm \u2013 Amal (Amal) \u2013 Doc, 2011, 88 min.<\/p>\n

4\/11 – Sunday<\/u><\/p>\n

5 pm \u2013Honey, Rain & Dust \u2013 Fiction, 1999, 20 min
\n7 pm \u2013Like Twenty Impossibles \u2013 2003, 17 min<\/p>\n

Quick Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arab Women: Film\u00a0 & Poetry
\n<\/em>April 7-11<\/p>\n

Register:\u00a0www.todesplay.com.br<\/a><\/p>\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press Release<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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