Sunday Cinema | On the Banks of the Tigris

Midwest Premiere! BEST DOCUMENTARY, BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALCan music transcend religion and politics? Meet Majid Shokor, an Iraqi-Australian from a Muslim background who discovers a hidden history — the Jewish role in Iraqi music. Shokor journeys from Australia to Israel, Europe, and Iraq, to meet exiled Iraqi musicians and unite them in a concert at London’s Barbican Centre. Directed by Marsha Emerman. Northwestern University Assistant Professor of Performance Studies DR. SHAYNA SILVERSTEIN will lead the Q&A. DR. SHAYNA SILVERSTEIN is an assistant professor of Performance Studies at Northwestern University. Her research examines politics, culture, and performance in the contemporary Middle East. Previously a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Penn Humanities Forum, she received her PhD in Ethnomusicology from the University of Chicago. _SUNDAY CINEMA is sponsored by the Wilkow Family._ _It is the 2017 Solomon Goldman Program Series._