WINDS OF CHANGE: CINEMA FROM MUSLIM SOCIETIES
Organisation: The Institute of Contemporary Arts
Time: 21 September 2011 6:45pm - 13 October 2011 7:30pm
Place: The Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London SW1
The Institute of Contemporary Arts Presents
Winds of Change: Cinema from Muslim Societies
Cinema from the so-called 'Muslim world' is an instructive index of the ferment and creative diversity which those societies have experienced as their own complex legacies of modern transformation. The start of 2011 focused the world's attention on the wildfire mass demonstrations for democracy across the Arab regions. This programme of introduced screenings and talks takes the 'Arab Spring' as its starting point. Now into its sixth month, raising fundamental issues of religious and civic freedom, human rights, gender and social equality, and the challenges of modernity. The films selected illustrated the broad variety of contemporary cinema across Muslim societies. They offer a refreshing change from the present mindless output of Hollywood and mainstream Western cinema and offer an opportunity to appreciate and engage with current muslim filmmaking for its story-telling vitality, its aesthetic integrity and engaging entertainment qualities.
All the films in the series will be introduced by specialists in their given fields and will aim to give a brief overview of the general regional and historical background in which it is set.
Curated by Ali Nobil Ahmad, Haim Bresheeth and Richard Appignanesi. Programmed in conjunction with Third Text and Visual Arts.
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21 September to 13 October 2011
The Institute of Contemporary Arts,
The Mall,
London
SW1Y 5AH