A journey to Mecca for a grandmother and her two granddaughters is interrupted when the eldest sister disappears, sending the remaining duo on a search across the Kingdom in this intergenerational road-trip drama about family tensions, buried secrets, and unexpected bonds between Saudi women. Hijra premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, where it won the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film.
Hijra
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Legend
OCOpen Captioned
Special Content
35mm
SFSensory Friendly
Cinema Studies
Contemporary Arab Cinema is co-presented with the Brooklyn Academy of Music and:
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Hijra
Pre-recorded introduction with film team
Tickets: $15 (members), $20 (nonmembers)
"It takes a detour from a pilgrimage to Mecca to uncover true enlightenment in Hijra... Ameen slyly sets the stage for a religious journey where everyone has to come to define the principles they want to live by on their own."
This film is part of the Contemporary Arab Cinema series.
Contemporary Arab Cinema is co-presented with the Brooklyn Academy of Music and:
This series is made possible through the support of:
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