Refugee Week Film Screenings - In Vitro / Motherland / A Swing in Atayfiyah In-Person
This event is open to the public, as well as all Greenwich Staff and Students
Screening 1: 5.30pm
In Vitro / Motherland / A Swing in Atayfiyah
In Vitro, dir. Larissa Sansour and Søren Lind (Running time 27m 44s) Short Fiction
With a cast led by Hiam Abbas (star of ‘Succession’ and ‘Ramy’), In Vitro stages a conversation between a mother and daughter, two generations of Palestinians considering what it may mean to rebuild a home one has never seen or has long lost.
Audience: Wide age group.
Themes: Palestine, Sci-Fi, Exile, Memory, Ecological Disaster
Motherland, dir. Ellen Evan (Running time 13m 14s) Short Documentary
Motherland speaks to the experiences of the windrush generation and subsequent generations of Jamaicans navigating the landscape of the UK’s hostile environment.
Audience: Wide age group.
Themes: Windrush, Jamaica, Deportation, Hostile Environment
A Swing in Atayfiyah, dir. Bediah (Running time: 3m 24s) Short Documentary
A Swing in Atayfiyah dwells in the memory of homes and friendships left behind in Iraq, the irrecoverable sense of belonging, and the dissonance of diaspora.
Audience: Wide age group.
Themes: Iraq, Migration, Diaspora
- Date:
- Wednesday, June 18, 2025
- Time:
- 5:30pm - 6:30pm
- Time Zone:
- UK, Ireland, Lisbon Time (change)
- Location:
- 11-003 (Building 11, Lecture Theatre 003, Stockwell Street)
- Campus:
- Greenwich Campus
- Audience:
- All staff and students Custom (please refer to event internal note) Partner Staff Partner Students Prospective Students
- Categories:
- Partner Workshops