Screening - A Thousand and One Berber Nights + Q&A with Hisham Aidi

As part of the third edition of the Princeton French Film Festival, you're invited to the exceptional screening of A Thousand and One Berber Nights (2024) by scholar and filmmaker Hisham Aidi of Columbia University who will be in attendance for a Q&A with the audience. Introduction and moderation by Prof. Habiba Boumlik (CUNY).

This film screening event is offered in conjunction with Alia Bensliman’s “Now and Then: Amazigh Resurgence” exhibition at the Arts Council of Princeton.

Practical information:
Open to everyone upon registration. In Arabic and English with English subtitles, the screening will start at 4:00 PM on Saturday, April 12th, 2025, and will last approximately 53 minutes. Doors to the screening room open at 3:45 PM and the exhibition is accessible during normal hours from April 5th to May 3rd, 2025.

Synopsis:
In the late 1950s Hassan Ouakrim was a young dancer and actor in Morocco. Little did he know that he would soon become the protegé of La Mama Theatre founder Ellen Stewart, performing across America, forming friendships with the likes of jazz virtuosos Ornette Coleman and Randy Weston, and becoming a pioneer in spreading Berber dance and music in North America.

Host or Publisher Princeton French and Francophone Society