Looking for Oum Kulthum. 2017. Directed by Shirin Neshat, in collaboration with Shoja Azari The Send-Off. 2017. Directed by Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan

Film

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Looking for Oum Kulthum. 2017. Germany/Austria/Italy/Morocco. Directed by Shirin Neshat in Collaboration with Shoja Azari. Courtesy of Razor Film

Looking for Oum Kulthum. 2017. Germany/Austria/Italy. Directed by Shirin Neshat, in collaboration with Shoja Azari. Screenplay by Azari, Ahmad Diba, Neshat. With Neda Rahmanian, Yasmin Raeis, Mehdi Moinzadeh. 90 min.

A film within a film, Shirin Neshat’s second feature film, Looking for Oum Kulthum, captures the plight of an Iranian woman artist/filmmaker living in exile, as she embarks on a project about the life and art of the legendary female singer of the Arab world, Oum Kulthum. Much like her subject, the filmmaker faces the struggles and sacrifices that a woman must pay if she dares to cross the lines of a conservative, male-dominated society.

The Send-Off. 2017. USA. Directed by Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan. 12 min.

Emboldened by a giant block party on the evening of their high school prom, a group of students enter the night hoping to transcend their rural town and the industrial landscape that surrounds them.

This film accompanies The Future of Film Is Female.

Past events

Thu, Aug 2, 2018, 4:30 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1
Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 7:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 4:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 7:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Sun, Jul 29, 2018, 1:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 1:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Fri, Jul 27, 2018, 4:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 7:00 p.m.

Discussion with Shirin Neshat

MoMA, Floor T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1

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