Extant (Shorts)
Suffering through the worst of the violence, and surviving to tell the tale. Memorializing the people and circumstances that brought us into our present.
Content warning: Discussion and depictions of colonial violence (Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?)), Discussion and graphic recreations of ethnic cleansing (Zanatany, When Soulless Shrouds Whisper)
Accessibility: Closed captions available
Thank you to our screening partner: Twelve Gates Arts
Watch the Q&A conversation with Suneil Sanzgiri, director of Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?) here.
Films in this Program
Kano 4
In war-torn Syria, a 23-year-old fine arts student fights for her life to witness her graduation day after she is…
Pimpi
Pimpi’s life experiences conclude in a tragic experience for his relatives. The story takes place in a small town in…
Zanatany, When Soulless Shrouds Whisper
Majunga, Madagascar, December 1976. A wind of revolt sweeps through the city. Ali, a second-in-command in a bookbinding…
Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?)
Glimpses and hallucinations of solidarity and possibility through generations. A woman’s dreams become haunted by a…