Film

27 Sep 2017

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Seton Hill Premiere of "The Sultan and the Saint"

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 7:00pm to 9:30pm
Seton Hill University Performing Arts Center 100 Harrison Avenue Greensburg, PA 15601
Sponsored By: 
CERIS, Seton Hill University, YWCA, Westmoreland Library Network

In the year 1219, Francis of Assisi risked his life by walking across enemy lines to meet the Sultan of Egypt, the Muslim ruler and scholar Sultan Malik al-Kamil. This remarkable encounter, and the commitment to peace of the two men behind it, sucked the venom out of the Crusades and began a new relationship between Muslims and Christians for the better.

Join us for the Seton Hill premiere of UPF's latest film, "The Sultan and the Saint."

Contact: 
Frances Leap: leap@setonhill.edu

07 Apr 2017

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Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival Presents: The Age of Consequences

Friday, April 7, 2017 - 7:00pm
CMOA Theater, Carnegie Museum of Art
Sponsored By: 
Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival

‘The Hurt Locker’ meets ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES investigates the impacts of climate change on increased resource scarcity, migration, and conflict through the lens of US national security and global stability. Through unflinching case-study analysis, distinguished admirals, generals and military veterans take us beyond the headlines of the conflict in Syria, the social unrest of the Arab Spring, the rise of radicalized groups like ISIS, and the European refugee crisis – and lay bare how climate change stressors interact with societal tensions, sparking conflict.

28 Mar 2017

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Screening of Mare Nostrum and Searching for the Translator: two short films by Anas Khalaf and Rana Kazkaz

Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Cathedral of Learning, room 602, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
Global Studies, Pitt's Year of Diversity, Theatre Arts, Classics Departments University of Pittsburgh

Screening of Mare Nostrum and Searching for the Translator: two short films by Anas Khalaf and Rana Kazkaz
Lunch provided

Contact: 
lbr62@Pitt.edu, Lisa Bromberg

26 Feb 2017

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Unity Productions Foundation Presents: The Sultan and the Saint

Sunday, February 26, 2017 - 3:00pm
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
CERIS, CCMD, Seton Hill University, ICP, CAIR, Muslim Association of Greater Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Muslim Student Association, Syed Farouk Husseini Interfaith Network, Muslim Women's Association of Pittsburgh, S.K.W. Life for Limb Loss

Come join us for the Pittsburgh premiere of "The Sultan and the Saint," a docudrama film about Muslim-Christian peacemaking narrated by Academy Award Winner, Jeremy Irons.

About the film:

During the Crusades, Saint Francis of Assisi risked his life by walking across enemy lines to meet the Sultan of Egypt, the Muslim ruler Al-Malik al-Kamil. This remarkable encounter, and the commitment to peace of the two men behind it, sucked the venom out of the Crusades and changed the relationship between Muslims and Christians for the better.

Contact: 
eel58@pitt.edu

21 Mar 2017

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The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble

Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 5:00pm
TBD
Sponsored By: 
Asian Studies Center, Center for Russian and East European Studies and Global Studies Center

Blending performance footage, personal interviews, and archival film, director Morgan Neville and producer Caitrin Rogers focus on the journeys of a small group of Silk Road Ensemble mainstays from across the globe to create an intensely personal chronicle of passion, talent, and sacrifice. Through these moving individual stories, the filmmakers paint a vivid portrait of a bold musical experiment and a global search for the ties that bind.

Contact: 
crees@pitt.edu

20 Sep 2016

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Salam Neighbor

Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Case Western Reserve University Strosacker Auditorium, 2125 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 44106
Sponsored By: 
Join Us Together, Inc., Cleveland Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations

Join us for a free film screening of Salam Neighbor, an award-winning feature documentary and campaign to connect the world to refugees. The filmmaker's goal is to tell the stories of our refugee neighbors with the dignity they deserve and the depth the world needs. A Q-and-A with staff from a local refugee resettlement agency and other non-profits that work with refugees and immigrants will follow the film.

20 Sep 2016

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Silk Screen Film Festival presents: Short Films Presentation

Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 8:00pm
Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Sponsored By: 
Silk Screen Film Festival

A Short Films Presentation, an installation in the Silk Screen Film Festival, will feature 2 short films by Iranian directors.

AUTUMN LEAVES

An elementary aged girl’s ordinary walk to school gets interrupted with some ironic results.

FISH

After breaking a fishbowl and running out of water, an old couple living in a cramped apartment must find a new home for their fish.

25 Sep 2016

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Silk Screen Film Festival presents: Wednesday, May 9th

Sunday, September 25, 2016 - 4:15pm
McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University
Sponsored By: 
Silk Screen Film Festival

In three intertwining narratives, a peculiar philanthropist, Jalal, runs an unusual contest in a local newspaper offering to donate money to the most worthy applicant. Believing that his commitment to help Tehran’s poor community will ease the pain he feels over the loss of his 5-year-old son, Jalal finds that he might be in over his head. In what becomes a distressing exhibition of the plights and realities of Iranian society, we see the struggles of those Jalal intends to help.

Contact: 
ALEX@SILKSCREENFESTIVAL.ORG

17 Sep 2016

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Silk Screen Film Festival presents: Wednesday, May 9th

Saturday, September 17, 2016 - 6:00pm
Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
Silk Screen Film Festival

In three intertwining narratives, a peculiar philanthropist, Jalal, runs an unusual contest in a local newspaper offering to donate money to the most worthy applicant. Believing that his commitment to help Tehran’s poor community will ease the pain he feels over the loss of his 5-year-old son, Jalal finds that he might be in over his head. In what becomes a distressing exhibition of the plights and realities of Iranian society, we see the struggles of those Jalal intends to help.

Contact: 
ALEX@SILKSCREENFESTIVAL.ORG

19 Sep 2016

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Silk Screen Film Festival presents: Very Big Shot

Monday, September 19, 2016 - 8:30pm
Regent Square Theater, 1035 S Braddock Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15221
Sponsored By: 
Silk Screen Film Festival

A caper inspired by Ben Affleck's Argo, Very Big Shot is the dryly comedic story of a criminally-minded pizza shop owner . With the help of his brothers, Ziad, a small scale drug-dealer turned movie producer decides to smuggle cocaine using film equipment. Adapted from writer/director Chaaya’s own award-winning short “Filmmakers.”

Contact: 
ALEX@SILKSCREENFESTIVAL.ORG

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