Sira

‘Sira’, in Arabic, literally translated, means biography. Arabs are a people known for their oral tradition. Through excavated footage and narration, Sira examines the displacement of a family, beginning with the event that catapulted their exodus from Kuwait as a result of the Iraqi invasion.

Film Maker
Tahir, Rolla
Year
2018
Country
Canada
Length
5
Language
Arabic, English (w/ English Subs)
Category
Abstraction, Arab, Canada, Childhood, Crime, Culture, Essay, Families, history, Identity, Immigration, Memory, Oral Histories, Portraits, Race + Ethnicity, War + Conflict, Work by Women, Youth
Genre
documentary, experimental, short

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