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Sirens
Sat June 7 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Dir. Rita Baghdadi – 2023 – 79m – US/Lebanon – In Arabic & English with English subtitles – Not Valid for Punch Cards
A QUEER LAND DEFENSE SOCIETY SPECIAL FUNDRAISER FOR GAZA RELIEF EFFORTS!
Join Queer Land Defense (QLDS) for a community screening of the documentary 𝕊𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕤 by Rita Baghdadi. This screening is a fundraiser for two Gaza relief efforts organized by QLDS members. suggested additional donation: $10–30.
Executive produced by Natasha Lyonne & Maya Rudolph – An intimate chronicling of the lives and music of Slave to Sirens, a band made up of five young metal heads whose burgeoning fame is set against the backdrop of the Lebanese revolution. Its members wrestle with friendship, sexuality, and destruction as their music serves as a refuge to Beirut’s youth culture.
At the band’s core are its two founding members, Lilas Mayassi and Shery Bechara, whose complicated relationship and subsequent tense fallout threatens the very fabric of the band. An even greater looming threat, however, is Lebanon’s criminalization of homosexuality, as well as the wholly devastating effects of their country’s political regime. Despite their challenges, the band persists in trying to create a revolution of their own: living their truth.
“Utterly charming” – HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“Deeply moving” – ROGER EBERT.COM
“Infectious” – PITCHFORK
“Astounding courage…a bold rebellion” – COLLIDER
“A roof-raising rock-doc with heart to match its decibels” – SCREEN DAILY
“Heart-tugging and rousing, even for non-metal heads” – NEW YORK TIMES
