Screen/Society--2013 Ethics Film Series--"Habibi" - w/ director Susan Youssef!

Monday, April 8, 2013 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Screen/Society--2013 Ethics Film Series--"Habibi" - w/ director Susan Youssef!

Film Screening:

 

Habibi
(Susan Youssef, 2011, 85 min, Palestine / USA / Netherlands / United Arab Emirates, in Arabic with English subtitles, color, DVD)

-- Q&A to follow with director Susan Youssef!

Habibi, a story of forbidden love, is a fiction feature set in Gaza. Two students in the West Bank are forced to return home to Gaza, where their love defies tradition. To reach his lover, Qays grafittis poetry across town. Habibi is a modern re-telling of the famous ancient Sufi parable Majnun Layla. The full Arabic title is Habibi Rasak Kharban, which translates as "darling, something's wrong with your head."

Lyrical and passionate, Habibi depicts a reality where personal happiness must be weighed against society's opinions.

-- Winner for Best Film at the 2011 Dubai International Film Festival!

-- Official trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTEnneD1dZY 

About the 2013 Ethics Film Series:
Taking the theme "Love and Justice," each film in this series explores how individuals - both alone and in context of their communities - engage the tension between the demands of justice and the grace of love.  

-- Refreshments and free parking passes provided!

Cost: Free and Open to the Public!

Sponsors: The Kenan Institute for Ethics, the Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), and the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS)

Bryan Center Griffith Film Theater