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Wajib

  • Nitehawk Cinema - Williamsburg 136 Metropolitan Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 11249 United States (map)

Abu Shadi is a divorced father and a school teacher in his mid-sixties living in Nazareth. After his daughter’s wedding in one month he will be living alone. Shadi, his architect son, arrives from Rome after years abroad to help his father in hand delivering the wedding invitations to each guest as per local Palestinian custom. As the estranged pair spend the day together, the tense details of their relationship come to a head challenging their fragile and very different lives.

Director: Annemarie Jacir Run Time: 96 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR Release Year: 2017 Language: Arabic with English subtitles

Starring: Mohammad Bakri, Saleh Bakri

This screening will support The Sameer Project.

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