Trailblazers & Troublemakers: Filmmakers Telling the Stories of Jewish & Muslim Women

April 30, 2017
Noor Cultural Centre
Toronto, Ontario
Registration Closed

PLEASE NOTE: ADVANCED REGISTRATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE UNTIL 4 PM ON APRIL 30.  REGISTRATION AT THE DOOR WILL OPEN AT 7 PM.

Presented together with the FENTSTER installation Blood, Milk and Tears, Canadian filmmakers Zarqa Nawaz (journalist and creator of CBC's Little Mosque on the Prairie) and Francine Zuckerman (writer,producer and director) share insights and excerpts from their ground-breaking documentaries, Me & The Mosque and Half the Kingdom. These films focus on the efforts of Muslim and Jewish women to reconcile deeply held faith commitments with their desires for equal access to communal and ritual spaces.

Join these visionary women in conversation about the impact of their films and their ongoing relevance in the current political climate. Together, the installation and the films reveal the complicated nature of religious identities in the 21st Century.

Sunday, April 30, 2017 | Doors open at 7 PM | Event at 7:30 PM

$10 in advance, $12 at the door, FREE for students

Advanced registration is strongly recommended to guarantee your spot.

Blood, Milk & Tears installation on view at FENTSTER until May 24, 2017

In a new site-specific installation for the FENTSTER window gallery, Muslim and Jewish women explore menstruation, breastfeeding and mourning through writing, art and traditional texts. Blood, Milk & Tears is on view 24/7 at FENTSTER, an independent exhibition space located in the storefront window of the grassroots community Makom: Creative Downtown Judaism at 402 College Street.

Presented by

FENTSTER: A Window Onto Jewish Life Through Art and Shema & Iqra’: The Jewish-Muslim Text Project

Community Partners:

Noor Cultural Centre

University of Toronto Multi-Faith Centre

Makom: Creative Downtown Judaism

Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto

MuslimFest

For more information: www.fentster.org

When

April 30, 2017
7:00 p.m.
America/New York (-5:00)

Where

Noor Cultural Centre
123 Wynford Drive
Toronto Ontario M3C 1K1
Canada

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Tickets

  • General Admission
    $10.00
  • Student
    Free
    Admission for students with valid ID is provided courtesy of the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Toronto. Advanced registration is strongly suggested.
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Presenting site-specific installations of contemporary art connected to the Jewish experience, FENTSTER (Yiddish for "window") is an independent artist-run exhibition space located in the storefront window of the grassroots community Makom: Creative Downtown Judaism.

http://fentster.org/