A road movie, a magic realist fable and an incisive portrait of the seldom-seen Iraq of the 1990s, this is a poignant film focusing on a nine-year-old girl named Lamia who must gather scarce ingredients to bake a cake for Saddam Hussein’s birthday.
Touching on collective trauma of growing up in Iraq under sanctions, economy in tatters, poverty and corruption, but also the disappearing landscape of southern marshes soon to be drained in retaliation to Shiite uprising.
Join us for screening & discussion!
Doors open from 6pm, film starts at 7pm. Bring your snacks and drinks.
Organiser: Camera Obscura
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Camera Obscura screens: The President’s Cake
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Camera Obscura: Four Daughters
🗓 Tuesday 28th of April, 7pm (doors 6pm)
📍 LARC (62 Fieldgate St, London E1 1ES)
A docu-drama telling the story of a Tunisian mother and her four daughters. The four daughters endure the cycles of violence, repression, followed by radicalisation that led to two young daughters joining ISIS.
Join us for screening & discussion of the film directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, also known for The Voice of Hind Rajab.
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Terrorists: The Kids They Sentenced
When the anti-globalisation protests at the 2001 European Union summit in Gothenburg turned violent, the Swedish government took swift and decisive action. Some 460 protesters were arrested and 14 of them received long prison sentences. The government deemed the rioters “terrorists”. One of those detained was Stefan Jarl’s son. In their film, Jarl and Lukas Moodysson paint a different picture of the conflict. In moving interviews, young activists talk about their motivation for participating in the protests, voice their criticism of an inequitable economic order, and relate their traumatic experiences facing state forces.
Join us for a screening and discussion with a guest from Gothenburg.
Doors open from 6pm, screening starts at 7pm.