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Huda's Salon (SOLD OUT)

  • Gene Siskel Film Center 164 North State Street Chicago, IL, 60601 United States (map)

HUDA’S SALON 
2021, dir. Hany Abu-Assad
Palestine, 91 min. 
In Arabic with English subtitles / Format: Digital

A young mother’s ordinary visit to a salon turns sour when she is blackmailed to betray her people.

Featuring interview with director Hany Abu-Assad following the film.

WARNING: This film contains nudity. Viewer discretion advised.

Preceded by the following short films:

CAGING CHILDHOOD: PALESTINIAN CHILDREN IN ISRAEL'S MILITARY DETENTION SYSTEM
2021, dir. Ahmad Al-Bazz
Palestine, 20 min.
In English and Arabic with English subtitles

Stories of three Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank of Palestine are detained, interrogated, prosecuted, and imprisoned in the Israeli military detention system.

WOLF’S MILK
2021, dir. Munir Atalla 
Jordan, 9 min.

In Arabic with English subtitles

Abdullah, a deaf blacksmith from Wahdat Jordan navigates the care, stigma, and superstitions that often accompany disability in his community.