Don't miss the spring CineCulture lineup. CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.

“Time for Ilhan” (2018)
When: 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 1
Where: Peters Education Center Auditorium (west of the Save Mart Center in the Student Recreation Center building).

All films screened on campus are free and open to the public. Parking is not enforced after 4 p.m. on Fridays.

Discussant: Norah Shapiro, director

On Nov. 8, 2016, a young, hijab-wearing mother-of-three named Ilhan Omar made history, becoming the first Somali Muslim woman to be elected to a state office in America. She was hailed by the New York Times as, “one of the bright lights in the post-election darkness,” and the documentary film "Time for Ilhan" intimately chronicles her hard-fought campaign for State Representative in Minnesota’s Senate District 60B, home to our nation’s largest Somali community. Then, on Nov. 6, 2018, Omar became the first Somali-American to be elected to the United States Congress. A fresh take on the old story of the American dream, "Time for Ilhan" offers an inspiring, stereotype-busting portrait of a rising political star as she begins a bold and powerful political career.

Sponsors: Center for Creativity and the Arts, Kamal and Aimee Abu-Shamsieh, Muslim Spiritual Care Services and the Department of Political Science.

Coming next: - “Shalom Bollywood: The Untold Story of Indian Cinema” (2018)

A celebration of the all-singing, all-dancing history of the world’s largest film industry, Shalom Bollywood reveals the unlikely story of the 2,000-year-old Indian Jewish community and its formative place in shaping the world’s largest film industry. At the advent of the Indian cinema industry, it was taboo for Hindu and Muslim women to perform on screen. Indian-Jewish women took upon the female lead roles and continued to do so for decades. Using stage names, the women were obviously not identified as Jewish and were commonly thought to be Christian or Muslim. With access to rare archival footage, Jewish-Australian director Danny Ben-Moshe’s ("My Mother’s Lost Children", 2017) new documentary tells this extraordinary tale through the lives of Indian cinema’s Jewish icons at the heart of Bollywood from the turn of the 20th century to the present day.

For a complete schedule, visit the College of Arts and Humanities blog.

CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to Fresno State students, faculty, staff and community. CineCulture is also offered as a three-unit academic course (MCJ 179) in the Media, Communications and Journalism Department. The course fulfills General Education Integration Area Multicultural International (MI). For students entering Fresno State Fall 2018, the course satisfies a university graduation requirement.

Fresno State encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact us in advance to your participation.

For more information, contact Dr. Mary Husain (instructor and club adviser) at mhusain@csufresno.edu.