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Aida Returns

Sat, Jul 13, 2024
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  • Contemporary Arab Cinema
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  • BAM Film 2024
Directed by Carol Mansour (2023)

Aida Returns is a sometimes painful, sometimes humorous, often absurd story of multiple journeys: the journey of loss as director Carol Mansour’s mother struggles with Alzheimer’s disease; the journey of losing a parent; and the ultimate journey involved in Aida’s return to Yafa, where she would finally find rest. Mansour documents her process of engineering the return of her mother’s remains to Palestine, aided by friends and strangers—a journey both private and universal, in acknowledgment of personal loss and of affirmation to exiled Palestinians forbidden to return home.

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      RUNNING TIME

      77min

      VENUE

      Peter Jay Sharp Building
      BAM Rose Cinemas

      FORMAT

      DCP

      LANGUAGE

      In Arabic, English and French with English subtitles

      TICKET INFORMATION

      General Admission: $16
      Members: $8
      Please note: A $1.50 processing fee per ticket will be added to your order

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