2023 Summer Film Festival Lineup

Directed by Zaid Abu Hamdan
Jordan, 2022

Years after escaping a dictated life, four estranged and offbeat sisters are forced to come together to find their suddenly-missing father. In their searching journey, secrets are revealed and more question marks are raised. View the trailer.

Sponsored by the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies

Directed by Sally El Hosaini
United Kingdom and United States, 2022

From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use. View the trailer.

Sponsored by The Europe Center

Directed by Surabhi Sharma
Trinidad and Jamaica, 2007

From the mid-nineteenth century, Indian laborers arrived in the Caribbean on boats, bringing a few belongings and their music – the beginnings of a remarkable cultural practice. More than 150 years later, musician Remo Fernandes travels to the Islands to explore potential collaborations and create new work. Jahaji Music: India in the Caribbean is a record of a difficult, if unusual and complex, musical journey. View the trailer.

Sponsored by the Center for South Asia

Directed by Steven Spielberg
United States, 1975

When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it’s up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down. View the trailer.

Sponsored by the Taube Center for Jewish Studies

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Directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra 
Colombia, 2018

During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture. View the trailer.

Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies

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