August 28 & 29, Rawabet Space, 8pm
Film Screenings and Q&A with Iara Lee

Mosireen and Townhouse present a special screening of "Cultures of Resistance" and "The Suffering Grasses" by Korean Brazilian film producer, director and activist Iara Lee, followed by a Q&A.

Tuesday the 28th of August, 8pm

THE SUFFERING GRASSES (52 min) 
Arabic with English subtitles 

Over a year later, with thousands dead and counting, the ongoing conflict in Syria has become a microcosm for the complicated politics of the region, and an unsavory reflection of the world at large. Against the backdrop of the Arab Spring and the complicated politics of the region, this film seeks to explore the Syrian conflict through the humanity of the civilians who have been killed, abused, and displaced to the squalor of refugee camps. In all such conflicts, large and small, it is civilians—women and children, families and whole communities—who suffer at the leisure of those in power. When elephants go to war, it is the grass that suffers.

Film info: http://www.culturesofresistance.org/suffering-grasses

Wednesday the 29th of August, 8pm

Cultures of Resistance (2010, 73 min)
 
From IRAN, where graffiti and rap became tools in fighting government repression, to BURMA, where monks acting in the tradition of Gandhi take on a dictatorship, moving on to BRAZIL, where musicians reach out to slum kids and transform guns into guitars, and ending in PALESTINIAN refugee camps in LEBANON, where photography, music, and film have given a voice to those rarely heard, CULTURES OF RESISTANCE explores how art and creativity can be ammunition in the battle for peace and justice.

Trailer: http://vimeo.com/16630808
Film info and website: http://films.culturesofresistance.org