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7:00 pm Wednesday April 18, 2018 Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building Follow DK: democratizingknowledge.syr.edu 3000 Nights Inspired by true events, 3000 Nights tells the story of a newlywed Palestinian schoolteacher who is falsely arrested and incarcerated in an Israeli prison where she gives birth to her son. Through her struggle to raise her child behind bars, the film traces her journey of hope, resilience and survival against all odds. Mai Masri is an award-winning filmmaker who studied film at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University. She directed and produced several documentaries that were screened worldwide and won over 80 international awards. 3000 Nights, her first narrative feature film, premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and won over 24 international awards. Please join us for a Q&A with filmmaker MAI MASRI after the screening. Additional Mai Masri Workshop Thurs April 19 9:30 - 10:50am, Kittredge Auditorium. RSVP Carol Fadda [email protected] inc accessibility accommodations. Film Screening and Q&A Co-Sponsors: Depts. of English, History, Middle Eastern Studies, Sociology, Transmedia (VPA), Women’s & Gender Studies, Writing Studies, Rhetoric & Composition, The Newhouse School, & The Humanities Center This film screening is free and open to the public. CART provided.

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Page 1: Film Screening and Q&A 3000 Nights - Syracuse Universityhumcenter.syr.edu/_img/3000 Nights2.pdf · democratizingknowledge.syr.edu 3000 Nights Inspired by true events, 3000 Nights

7:00 pmWednesday April 18, 2018

Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building

Follow DK:

democratizingknowledge.syr.edu

3000 NightsInspired by true events, 3000 Nights tells the story of a newlywed Palestinian schoolteacher who is falsely arrested and

incarcerated in an Israeli prison where she gives birth to her son. Through her struggle to raise her child behind bars, the film traces her journey of hope, resilience and survival against all odds. Mai Masri is an award-winning filmmaker who

studied film at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University. She directed and produced several documentaries that were screened worldwide and won over 80 international awards. 3000 Nights, her first narrative feature film, premiered at

Toronto International Film Festival and won over 24 international awards.

Please join us for a Q&A with filmmaker MAI MASRI after the screening.

Additional Mai Masri Workshop Thurs April 19 9:30 - 10:50am, Kittredge Auditorium. RSVP Carol Fadda [email protected] inc accessibility accommodations.

Film Screening and Q&A

Co-Sponsors: Depts. of English, History, Middle Eastern Studies, Sociology, Transmedia (VPA), Women’s & Gender Studies, Writing Studies, Rhetoric &

Composition, The Newhouse School, & The Humanities CenterThis film screening is free and open to the public. CART provided.