Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival
Milwaukee, Wisconsin is one of the only US cities that hosts a Muslim Film Festival every year, organized by the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition. All shows are free, which allows these films to be open to anyone. It is an important way to challenge private islamophobia by showing films that portray many authentic intersectional muslim experiences and stories instead of the stereotypes we receive from Hollywood.
Here are some of the 2018 films that played that portrayed the diverse experiences of muslim women instead of the flat characters (either veiled in the background or hypersexualized) that exist in mainstream movies :
"THE JUDGE provides
rare insight into Shari’a law, an often-misunderstood legal framework for
Muslims, told through the eyes of the first woman judge to be appointed to the
Middle East’s religious courts."
Here are some of the 2018 films that played that portrayed the diverse experiences of muslim women instead of the flat characters (either veiled in the background or hypersexualized) that exist in mainstream movies :
"THE JUDGE provides
rare insight into Shari’a law, an often-misunderstood legal framework for
Muslims, told through the eyes of the first woman judge to be appointed to the
Middle East’s religious courts."
"Stitching Palestine" about Palestinian women in the Diaspora and how they used embroidery to stay connected to a sense of place and home.
"Arranged" about a Muslim woman and an Orthodox Jewish woman and their friendship.
Thank you for sharing this. It's a good small step in combatting the chronic symbolic annihilation of Muslim communities, and especially Muslim women!
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