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SAFAR Futures: R21 AKA Restoring Solidarity (15*)+ Q&A

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Join the SAFAR Futures programmers for the UK premiere of R21 AKA Restoring Solidarity (2022).

Mohanad Yaqubi’s film functions as a reflection on a collection of twenty 16mm films, safeguarded in Tokyo by the Japanese solidarity movement with Palestine. Synthesising these archival resistance films into a montage essay, R21 aka Restoring Solidarity acts as a catalog, time machine and archive. This resonant film poignantly explores the motives, aspirations, and disappearance of a generation and their struggles, not only in Japan, but around the world.

Yaqubi explores the oppressed human experience with a contemplative and empathetic lens. By capturing intimate moments he reveals profound truths about Palestine in the mid to late 20th century, and more importantly, the people who lived through it. His films such as 2015’s OFF FRAME aka revolution until victory are catalysts for empathy and understanding; R21 is no different.

Tagged with: Cinema SAFAR Film Festival 2023

Palestine, Belgium, Qatar 2022 dir Mohanad Yaqubi, 71 min UK Premiere

The screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A with the director and attendees will also receive an exclusive zine curated to complement the event. 

Live Captioning: The introduction and Q&A will be lived captioned.

Curators

This film event is curated by Amina Ali, Asmaa Elsouda and Osama Harhor who are taking part in SAFAR’s mentorship scheme for early-career Arab film programmers.

Handpicked in response to this year’s festival theme “A Journey Through Space & Time”, R21 AKA Restoring Solidarity documents cross-continental relationships of solidarity spanning Japan and Palestine in the 1970s and 1980s. 

Cinema 2

Location
Barbican Cinema 2 & 3 are located on Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican’s Silk Street entrance. From Silk Street, you’ll see a zebra crossing that will take you across the road to the venue. 

Address
Beech Street
London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.