CineMAS – Foragers / Tara

7pm Foragers dir Jumana Manna (2022)

Shot in the Golan Heights, the Galilee and Jerusalem, the film employs fiction, documentary and archival footage to capture the joy and knowledge embodied in the traditions of foraging for wild edible plants alongside the foragers’ resilience in the face of a prohibitive law. In Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles.

9pm Tara dir Volker Sattel and Francesca Bertin (2022)

Tara, the ‘River of Good Fortune’ that connects the Italian port city of Taranto to the monstrous steel mill on the harbour side, is said to have healing, magical powers despite being in one of the most polluted rivers in Europe. Through precise, poetic images, this documentary explores the social and physical spaces around the river, the parallels between economic and ecological exploitation, and the lives of people living on the margins of post-capitalism. Italian with English subtitles.

The CineMAS contemporary Arab cinema series is a mini-festival of independent films curated by Hind Mezaina and presented by the NYUAD Film and New Media Program in partnership with the NYUAD Arts Center. Day tickets are AED 30, weekend (Saturday & Sunday) tickets are AED 50, a full-week pass is AED 150..