BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:34909@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T200000 DTSTAMP:20250805T194221Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/screening-of-leila-and-the-wolves-2 / SUMMARY:Screening of Leila and the Wolves DESCRIPTION:Screening followed by a Q&\;A with the director Heiny Srour and Madeleine Dobie\n\n“This film is based on actual events which are pa rt of the collective memory of the Lebanese and Palestinian people.” So begins Leila and the Wolves\, Lebanese filmmaker Heiny Srour’s only nar rative feature—a bold\, lyrical homage to the often-erased legacy of Ara b women in the liberation struggle - newly restored in 2024. At its center is Leila (Nabila Zeitouni)\, a Lebanese woman living in London\, who unco vers the overlooked contributions of women—fighters\, nurturers\, strate gists—to the broader revolutionary movement. Drawing on the Arab heritag e of oral tradition and mosaic pattern\, Leila and the Wolves blends ree nactment\, archival footage\, folklore in a visually and narratively hybri d cinematic essay and feminist counter narrative. It was banned in the Ara b World for 45 years—and still is in many Arab countries.\n\nHeiny Srour  is a Lebanese film director. She is best known for being the first femal e Arab filmmaker to have a film (The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived) chose n for the Cannes Film Festival\, in 1974. Despite the film’s accolades a nd success at Cannes\, The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived was banned in most of the Arab world for its socialist and feminist politics. Srour has advocated for women's rights through her films\, her writing\, and by fund ing other filmmakers. Her first feature film\, Leila and the Wolves\, als o reflects her feminist politics and socialist politics.\n\nMadeleine Dobi e is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Columbia.  Her ar eas of expertise include Francophone/postcolonial literature\, colonial hi story\, and 18th-century culture\, and she has a particular interest in Al gerian history and culture. She is currently working on a book about testi mony given long after a violent or traumatic event\, including belated acc ounts of the Algerian Revolution written by combatants and militants. A se cond current book project is about literature\, cinema and other forms of artistic expression in contemporary Algeria.\n\nThis screening is part of Columbia Maison Française CENSURED FILM SERIES - FALL 2025. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/08/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-2.41.09-PM.png LOCATION:Maison Française\, 515 West 116th Street New York\, New York\, NY \, 10027\, United States GEO:40.807717;-73.961428 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=515 West 116th Street New Y ork\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Mai son Française:geo:40.807717,-73.961428 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR