FAMILY & WAR: WOMEN FILMMAKERS ASSERTING THE PERSONAL

IC3 Salon Series presents: FAMILY & WAR: WOMEN FILMMAKERS ASSERTING THE PERSONAL

With Sabereh Kashi and Ina Adele Ray

 Iranian filmmaker and IC3 artist-in-residence Sabereh Kashi and  mixed-race Vietnamese American filmmaker, Ina Adele Ray, will share excerpts from their personal films that explore themes of family, identity, and war. The short screenings will be followed by a community discussion, tea and live music in a 'Persian Tea House' style.

Home Yet Far Away (film excerpt) Dir: Sabereh Kashi

Impacted by the disturbance of revolution, war, and immigration, Iranian-American Sabereh worries about a U.S. military strike on Iran during the post 9/11 era. She feels detached from her emotions and alienated from her surroundings in California. Her beloved mother suddenly passes away and spins her on a journey back to Iran, where she seeks to reconnect with her eccentric and authoritarian father, reclaim her womanhood, and make peace between her two homelands in political conflict. The film is a visual essay/journal that draws viewers into the journey of the filmmaker between America and Iran

VietnAmerican Peace (long trailer & scene excerpt) Dir: Ina Adele Ray

Adele is a product of the Vietnam War. Her father was an American military officer and her mother was his Vietnamese language teacher.  This doc-in-progress is a 16 year journey to uncover her mother’s family history that spans three wars  affecting three generations on multiple continents. Confronted with her own depression, anxiety, and issues of authenticity (not being “100% Vietnamese”), the director pieces together her family story while searching for her own inner peace.

Persian Tea House: Traditional Persian Tea Houses were centers for community gathering, storytelling, and entertainment, sometimes by women. In this modern interpretation, we once again bring women storytellers on stage to tell their personal and family stories of war, displacement, and cultural adaptation.

Elliot Racine is a virtuoso bass player, a singer, and a creator of music. His music incorporates elements of jazz, funk, rock, and a diverse array of traditional music forms from around the world. When you see Elliot live, you are likely to see him with his trio, or even just solo—playing away on his semi-acoustic bass and singing. On his recordings, you will hear explorations in producti

*'IC3: Incubating Creativity, Community and Civic Engagement' is a pilot program at ICCNC that provides local Muslim-American artists event- and community-building opportunities as they develop new work and build new audiences.  The IC3 Salon Series showcases IC3 artists-in-residence and other cultural producers through discussions, screenings and performances that inspire, engage and create community.

This event is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the City of Oakland's Cultural Funding program, and California Arts Council's Cultural Pathways.