In this open to the public event, see the film “Marjoun and the Flying Headscarf” (Official selection of the Miami Film Festival) followed by at Q&A with director Susan Youssef.
More about the film:
Marjoun, clad in all black, with dark eyes and dark hair, is 17 years old and an outsider in her home of Little Rock, Arkansas. Her father Aabid is from Lebanon, and in county jail awaiting trial for his alleged connections to Hezbollah. As she deals with the tensions in her high school and the attempts to get her father out of jail, she takes solace in writing poetry on her typewriter and fancying Chaney, the boy in her math class. When hope dims for her father’s release, Marjoun seeks to take to the open road on a motorcycle. Will she escape or be pulled back into her life in Little Rock?
Film Screening: “Marjoun and the Flying Headscarf”
Event Time:
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - 6:00pm
Location:
Whitney Humanities Center
53 Wall Street
New Haven, CT
Event Description: