Dara Kell

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When their shantytowns are threatened with mass eviction, three ‘young lions’ of South Africa’s new generation rise from the shacks and take their government to the highest court in the land, putting the promises of democracy to the test.

Unjustly stuck behind bars for more than 20 years, Moath al Alwi builds elaborately detailed ships out of scrap materials from Guantanamo Bay.

THE ART OF EXILE is a series of three intimate and visually powerful short films celebrating the transformative power of art by showcasing exiled, censored, and imprisoned artists and their resilience against oppression through creativity. It features: Yemeni sculptor Moath al-Alwi (A SHIP FROM GUANTÁNAMO); Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji (THE EX-CRIMINAL); and Vietnamese pop star Mai Khoi (MAI KHOI: I SING WHAT I SEE).

No synopsis available yet.

When their shantytowns are threatened with mass eviction, three ‘young lions’ of South Africa’s new generation rise from the shacks and take their government to the highest court in the land, putting the promises of democracy to the test.

When their shantytowns are threatened with mass eviction, three ‘young lions’ of South Africa’s new generation rise from the shacks and take their government to the highest court in the land, putting the promises of democracy to the test.

Unjustly stuck behind bars for more than 20 years, Moath al Alwi builds elaborately detailed ships out of scrap materials from Guantanamo Bay.

THE ART OF EXILE is a series of three intimate and visually powerful short films celebrating the transformative power of art by showcasing exiled, censored, and imprisoned artists and their resilience against oppression through creativity. It features: Yemeni sculptor Moath al-Alwi (A SHIP FROM GUANTÁNAMO); Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji (THE EX-CRIMINAL); and Vietnamese pop star Mai Khoi (MAI KHOI: I SING WHAT I SEE).