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As I Open My Eyes (À peine j’ouvre les yeux)
History in Cinema
June 29, 20187:30 p.m.MADRIDThis fictional film is set in Tunisia during the summer of 2010, a few months after the revolution, and it shows us the social and political environment in which the beginning of the revolutionary movements took hold.
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History in Cinema
From May 11, 2018 until June 29, 20187:30 p.m.MADRIDCasa Árabe has organized a new film series in which we attempt to provide a review of the events that have marked the Arab world’s history since the second half of the twentieth century and up to today. The films will be shown in Madrid in May and June.
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Life After the Fall (Al hayat ma baada assuqut)
History in Cinema
June 22, 20187:30 p.m.MADRIDAn intimate documentary film that tells the story of the director’s family (Kasim Abid) in Baghdad, filmed across four years in which they fight to adapt to the sudden changes in their lives and in the city since the regime’s downfall in 2003.
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“Khadija’s Journey,” by Tarik El Idrissi
June 20, 20187:00 p.m.MADRIDOn the occasion of World Refugee Day (June 20), Casa Árabe is hosting a screening of this film with a colloquium afterwards, arising from a citizen initiative that took place through the Board for Refugees and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Madrid’s district of Salamanca.
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11’09’’01 - September 11
History in Cinema
June 15, 20187:30 p.m.MADRIDThis film is a collective work made up of 11 short-subject films directed by 11 filmmakers who represent great cultural diversity, with a common inspiration: the events of 9/11 in New York and their consequences.