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A Wedding in Ramallah - Sherine Salama
In the Palestinian border town of Ramallah, the ritual enactment of cultural traditions exemplifies the struggle to preserve ordinary life amidst eruptive violence. With Middle East peace talks threatening to dissolve, émigré Bassan returns to his family from political exile in Cleveland. His painfully failed marriage to an American woman brings him home to seek a new bride. Opting for an arranged marriage in hopes of avoiding another broken heart, he reaches agreement with the family of 25-year-old Mariam, a woman whose world up to now has extended only as far as the perimeter of her small town. Salama's observational and interactive documentary follows Mariam to the home of her new in-laws where, after the pageantry of marriage, she awaits being able to join her husband who waits for her in an unknown Ohio. Exploring divides-political, sexual and generational-Wedding In Ramallah is an engrossing multi-act drama of visas, gunfire and crushed expectations that weighs the value of traditional institutions against the cost of personal freedom. (94 mins.) Print courtesy of Travelfilms. First Feature.
Showtimes: 2/15, 1:30pm and 2/17, 7pm WH.