Ashaman
Director: Hisham Bizri
Lebanon, 2005 - 21 Minutes

 Sunday, April 30 - 4:00pm

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Asmahan is beautiful visual and cinematic meditation with an avant-garde motif. Based on Asmahan’s (the Syrian/Egyptian singer 1912 -1944) last film Gharam Wa Intiqam (Passion and Revenge) 1944, the film’s cinematic meditations merge her songs with plot and actions to reveal an insight into the relationship between the star’s tragic life, colonial Egypt, and the nature of cinema.

Hisham Bizri is a filmmaker from Lebanon and a 0.Professor of Film in the Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota. His films have been shown in the Arab world and internationally, including at the Louvre museum (France), Biennale Des Cinema Arabes (Paris, France), Milan Film Festival (Italy) and Museum of Modern Art (New York), among others.

Note: Ashaman will be shown with Uso Justo & My Father is 100 Years Old

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