When: Sunday, 19.November, 4pm-6pm
Where: House Pour Bienne, Kontrollstrasse 22, 2503 Biel/Bienne
Languages: arabic with english subtitles
The Year of Balls 2019, 10min
A short portrait film that tells about one of the years in the Nomadic Calendar where Sahrawi communities and their camel herds were bombarded by French and Spanish air forces. The film was narrated through my father’s recollections and childhood memories and how he witnessed the event as a child. The Year of Balls highlights the colonial violence as experienced by the ordinary Sahrawi families.
DESERT PHOSfate 2023, 59 min
An experimental documentary film by Sahrawi artist Mohamed Sleiman Labat. It weaves through the story of phosphate, exploring the multi-layered narrations about sand particles, plants, human and mineral displacement. The film explores ways of telling about realities, metaphors and poetics in the desert. It highlights connections between ecological justice, colonial practices, environmental violence, traces of anthropocentric mineral extractions, and the loss of indigenous ways of knowing and telling about the world.
Accessiblity: The building is wheelchair accessible. A wheelchair accessible toilet is available at Farel next to Maison Pour Bienne from 09:00-20:00h.