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The Voice of Hind Rajab
March 24 | 6-8:45 PM | Lang Hall (HN 424)
Hunter Community: no need to RSVP
Open to the Public: MUST RSVP (Entrance at 69th St., between Lexington & Park Ave.)

Film screening followed by discussion. Prof. Kelly Anderson (Chair of Film & Media) and Alex Elinson (Arabic Studies Program Director) will co-facilitate the post-screening dialogue. 

About the film:
Hind Rajab, a 5-year-old Palestinian girl, is trapped in a car under heavy Israeli military fire in Gaza, the sole survivor of their brutal assault. Her emergency calls reach the volunteers of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, who desperately attempt to calm and rescue her. But their rescue attempts are repeatedly obstructed by Israeli military gunfire, checkpoints, and delays. 

We Were Here – The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe
March 27 | 6:30PM | Lang Hall (HN424)

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Screening followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Fred Kudjo Kuwonu and Assistant Professor Uchenna Itam with an introduction by T.J. Wilson, BFA alum and current MA student.