Beyond Boundaries: Dare to be Diverse Film and Discussion Series – Dalya’s Other Country
Thursday 14th Sep, 2017
Burchfield Penney Art Center
1300 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222“It’s the feminist Muslim documentary we need.” -- Nicole Einbinder, Bustle
Dalya's Other Country tells the nuanced story of members of a family displaced by the Syrian conflict who are remaking themselves after the parents separate. Effervescent teen Dalya goes to Catholic high school and her mother, Rudayna, enrolls in college as they both walk the line between their Muslim values and the new world in which they find themselves.
The Fifth Annual Beyond Boundaries: Dare to be Diverse Film and Discussion Series, featuring, Dalya’s Other Country, 2017, 75 min.
Director: Julia Meltzer
Thursday, September 14, 2017, at 7:00 - 9:00pm
Program sponsored by Buffalo State’s Equity and Campus Diversity Office,
Communication Department, and Burchfield Penney Art Center