Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Los Feliz Theatre, Los Angeles
### **ABOUT THE FILMS:** **THE HOUR OF LIBERATION HAS ARRIVED, 1974, Dir. Heiny Srour, 62 Mins, Several Futures, France/Lebanon/UK ** *In Arabic with English subtitles.* In the late ’60s, Dhofar rose up against the British-backed Sultanate of Oman, in a democratic, Leninist guerrilla movement. Srour and her team crossed 500 miles of desert and mountains by foot, under bombardment by the British Royal Air Force, to reach the conflict zone and capture this rare record of a now mostly forgotten war. FORMAT: DCP **“The Singing Sheikh,” 1991, Dir. Heiny Srour, 11 Mins, Egypt ** *In Arabic with English subtitles.* Sheikh Imam Mohammad Ahmad Eissa, born 1918, is famous throughout the Arab world for his folk songs indicting the ruling classes. Considered the voice of the oppressed, he is banned from state television and radio, and has been imprisoned numerous times, including in 1974 for the occasion of President Nixon’s visit. With scenes of Egyptian street life set to his often caustic musical criticisms of his native Egypt’s upper classes, the Sheikh’s message is that “If a beautiful thing is suppressed today, it will rise tomorrow.” FORMAT: DCP **“Rising Above: Women of Vietnam,” 1995, Dir. Heiny Srour, 50 Mins, UK ** Explores sexual politics in Vietnam today through the individual stories of four Vietnamese women from different social strata and different generations. FORMAT: DCP