Sunday, August 20, 2023

August 26, 2023 7:30PM Al-Bustan's Street Movies with Percussionist Hafez Kotain

 


Scribe Video Center is hosting its annual Street Movies!, a free screening series for audiences of all ages that tours neighborhoods around the Philadelphia region, bringing a program of independent film - fiction, animation, documentary, and youth and community produced work - from around the world to local parks, lots, playgrounds, and community spaces.  

Saturday, August 26 7:30 PM
West Philadelphia
Host: Al Bustan Seeds of Culture
Location: Saunders Park Greene, 300-50 Saunders Ave

Renowned percussionist Hafez Kotain opens a night of films that moves poetically through different facets — and moments — of diasporic Arab experience. From Randa Ali's poetic mediation Kingdom of Strangers to Hana Alghanim's slice-of-life documentary Amo: Uncle and her more recent short Labor Day, the night’s program is sure to offer beauty, laughs, and thrills. 

Program Details:

Opening Performer: Hafez Kotain

Kingdom of Strangers (Randa Ali, 15 minutes): Torn between new experiences and old memories, a young Egyptian man works through his present experience of L.A.  as well as his haunting past.

Amo: Uncle (Haya Alghanim, 4 minutes): A brief documentary capturing the banter among Atlantic Avenue shopkeepers — dense, rich, and good-humored

Labor Day (Haya Alghanim, 11 minutes): An invitation to a Hudson Valley vacation exposes rivalries among a group of young women — and plenty of unexpected turns.

Magda (Karim Kassem, 13 minutes): A photographers surreal journey around New York City brings him into contact with new subjects, people, and revelations — shot in beautiful 16mm.

New Film from Heather Tenser (2023,

Location: Saunders Park Greene

300-50 Saunders Ave

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