Mon December 6, 2021 7:30 PM FAYA DAYI Free Aero Theatre | Q&A following with filmmaker Jessica Beshir, moderated by Carlos Aguilar This is a Free Event. RSVP does not guarantee admission. Attendees with RSVPs will be admitted on a first come, first served basis until the theatre reaches capacity This is a vaccinated-only screening rsvp
ABOUT THE FILM In her hypnotic documentary feature, Ethiopian-Mexican filmmaker Jessica Beshir explores the coexistence of everyday life and its mythical undercurrents. Though a deeply personal project—Beshir was forced to leave her hometown of Harar with her family as a teenager due to growing political strife—the film she returned to make about the city, its rural Oromo community of farmers, and the harvesting of the country’s most sought-after export (the euphoria-inducing khat plant) is neither a straightforward work of nostalgia nor an issue-oriented doc about a particular drug culture. Rather, she has constructed something dreamlike: a film that uses light, texture, and sound to illuminate the spiritual lives of people whose experiences often become fodder for ripped-from-the-headlines tales of migration. FORMAT: DCP DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films