Screening
WHEN
May 18, 2017
6:30-8 PM
WHERE
NYUAD Conference Center, Main Auditorium
Part of "NYUAD Art Gallery Film Series"
WHO
NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery
Open to the Public
Amal arrives in the UAE, filled with dreams and a 1-year work contract on a TV project. After the first year, she finds herself unable to achieve her most simple goals, which require her to continuously shift jobs. She soon realises that her rich experience as an artist in Syria, is of little value in the UAE, where she remains on the fringe of its arts and culture scene. Feeling lost and forgotten in a foreign land, she is faced with the challenge of deciding to stay or leave. — Read more on the Art Gallery website
Reserve your spot on the Art Gallery website.
This film screening is in connection with But We Cannot See Them: Tracing a UAE Art Community, 1988-2008, on view at the NYUAD Art Gallery from March 2 to May 27, 2017.
Nujoom Alghanem artist, poet, scriptwriter, film director
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