IN CINEMA 

HARLEM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL –
VALLEY OF EXILE +
THE ILLUSION OF DISTANCE
Tickets: $15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price
Sunday, May 26th at 1:45PM

VALLEY OF EXILE
Anna Fahr, 2023, 107 min, Lebanon

Two sisters arrive in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley at the onset of the Syrian war, embarking on a journey into exile that tests their loyalty to their country, their family and each other.

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THE ILLUSION OF DISTANCE
Sapho Wulana, 2023 10 min, South Africa

Boeta Allie, an 80-year-old man classified as “coloured” by the Apartheid government was separated from his childhood friend Isaac Mbenyane because of his race. The two were inseparable as children while living in District 6, before forced removals scattered communities and families across the Cape Flats. Boeta Allie and Isaac ended up in neighborhoods set aside for so-called “coloureds” and blacks by the ruling party of the day. Langa and Bonteheuwel are only divided by a highway, but because of pass laws and the restriction of movement, the friends did not see each other for more than 70 years. The film follows Boeta Allie's journey as he is accompanied by 'born-free' filmmaker Sapho Wulana to try and find his long-lost friend Isaac.