Global Lens is an annual, touring film series
launched in 2003 by the Global Film Initiative to support the distribution of
exceptional cinematic works from around the world. The Parkland Art Gallery and
Office of Institutional Advancement sponsor the 2013 series. To learn more, visit www.globalfilm.org. Please note our
location with theater-style seating and updated audio-visual equipment!
All films and popcorn are FREE! All
shows begin at 6:30pm Location: Parkland
College, room C118
Tuesday, September 10
CAIRO 678
Dir. Mohamed Diab
100 minutes, Egypt, in Arabic, with subtitles
in English
Three Cairene women from different backgrounds join together
in uneasy solidarity to combat the sexual harassment that has impacted each of
their lives. We begin on an overcrowded bus line, dreaded by Fayza as a daily
site of humiliation and anguish. Responding to a self-defense talk by Seba,
whose own assault has driven her marriage apart, Fayza fights back—and soon has
a police detective searching for her amid public panic. Meanwhile, Nelly, an
aspiring comic, faces pressure from family to drop a lawsuit against her
attacker. Mohamed Diab’s deftly braided narrative tells a gripping, timely
social tale through its patchwork of interconnected lives and deeds.
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