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Three teenage girls, dressed brightly, sit together in front of a metal fence.

Sisterhood
(HLM Pussy)

  •   Nora El Hourch
  •   France, Morocco

Fifteen-year-olds Amina, Djeneba, and Zineb have been an inseparable trio since childhood. When one of the girls is the victim of a predatory incident, an emboldened Amina posts a video of the assault on social media as a means of denouncing the assailant. The video unexpectedly goes viral, eliciting both widespread support and backlash from their community and the internet at large. Amina’s actions force a wedge into this formerly invincible friendship, shedding light on the divides in the girls’ race, class, and cultural privilege.

A poignant commentary on the act of speaking out in the age of the viral internet, Sisterhood takes a critical closer look at the complex factors at play that, all too often, force women and girls into silence in the face of gendered violence.


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Special Guests

Scheduled to attend: Director Nora El Hourch

Sponsor(s)

New Directors Program Sponsors

Robert and Penelope Steiner Family Foundation

Event Information

Tuesday, October 17, 2023
8:15pm

  •   100 minutes
LOCATION
AMC NEWCITY 14
1500 N Clybourn Ave
Chicago, IL 60610 United States


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