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Stills from The Cup Reader and Speed Sisters

Top: still from The Cup Reader (Suha Araj, 2013); bottom: still from Speed Sisters (Amber Fares, 2015)

These Films: The Cup Reader and Speed Sisters

Saturday, April 9, 2016

2 pm

Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

In this two-part film series, taking place April 9 and June 5, see through the eyes of Israeli, Palestinian, and other international filmmakers to explore a wide range of lived experiences and dig deeper into the stories behind the places and people depicted in the exhibition This Place.

The Cup Reader (Suha Araj, 2013, 12 min.)
Multiple generations of Palestinian women rhapsodize about love—anticipated, unrealized, or lost—as translated through a fortuneteller named Warde.

Speed Sisters (Amber Fares, 2015, 80 min.)
The Speed Sisters are the first all-woman race car driving team in the Middle East. They’re bold. They’re fearless. And they’re tearing up tracks all over Palestine.

A conversation between the filmmakers follows.

Tickets are free with Museum admission and available first-come, first-served at the Admissions Desk starting at 1 p.m. Members receive free admission; to reserve Member tickets, call the Membership Hotline at 718.501.6326 or email us.