Neighbours
THIS SCREENING IS RESCHEDULED FROM FEBRUARY 27 An uncompromising film that uses humour and satire to depict the childhood of little Sero as he experiences life in a Syrian border village in the early 1980s. The lessons he learns in school (do not speak Kurdish, venerate Assad, promulgate hate toward Israel and Jews) are upsetting and confusing to him; moreso because his next-door neighbours are a loving and caring Jewish family. The film, inspired by the director’s personal experiences, is followed with a conversation by virtual guest Dr. Scott Abramson, modern Middle East historian and a Postdoctoral Fellow in Israel Studies at Northwestern University. He will talk about Middle East minorities and Israel’s relationship with the Kurdish nation, past and present. (Switzerland 2021) Presented with English subtitles. Languages include Kurdish, Arabic, English, Hebrew, Slovak, Spanish and Greek.
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