Salata Baladi
Wednesday February 3rd 2010 7:00p.m.
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Award-winning, Egyptian filmmaker Nadia Kamel’s heritage is a complex blend of religions and cultures. Her mother is a half Jewish, half Italian Christian who converted to Islam when she married Nadia’s half Turkish, half Ukrainian father. Prompted by the realization that her 10-year-old nephew Nabeel is growing up in an Egyptian society where talk of culture clashes is all too common, she decides to let her mother Mary Rosenthal share their diverse family history. “The original inspiration for this film was simple enough,” says Kamel, “a love for my family’s stories and a wish to share them. It was a storytelling project.”

THE BAND’S VISIT (Israel 2007)
Wednesday February 17th 2010 7:00p.m.
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When an Egyptian police brass band travels to Israel to play at the opening of an Arab arts center, they wind up abandoned and lost in a remote desert town in this charming cross-cultural comedy. Defying expectations, the tiny Israeli community embraces the musicians, and both the Egyptians and the locals learn a few things about one another, and themselves, in this witty winner of the Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard prize.

THE STRUGGLE WITHIN
Predominantly Muslim and Jewish societies also face their own internal problems that impact the way in which they relate to the outside world. What are some of those problems?

THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING (Egypt 2006)
Wednesday February 24th 2010 7:00p.m.
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This sprawling tapestry of modern-day Egypt weaves together multiple stories of the residents of the Yacoubian Building, a Cairo structure built in 1937 to house the city's upper crust. The most expensive Egyptian movie ever made, it's also one of the most provocative, tackling a host of taboo subjects. The film, based on the best-selling Arabic novel, features a cast of top actors from the Arab world.

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