IRC at the Movies – Free Screening February 27

[Note the Updated Date, Location and Time.]

 

On February 27, in partnership with the Loft Cinema and the Sundance Institute, the IRC in Tucson is supporting a free screening of Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams.

 

Showing at only 9 locations worldwide as part of the Film Forward series, Grbavica explores the struggles and triumphs of a woman and her daughter as they rebuild their lives in the war-torn remains of Sarajevo. Join IRC at the Movies and support this powerful film!

 

 

 

Synopsis: A woman sees her own traumatic past reflected in the actions of her teenage daughter in this drama from first-time writer and director Jasmila Zbanic. Esma is a single mother trying to raise her teenage daughter, Sara, in Sarajevo in the wake of war. While Esma works as a barmaid at a nightclub run by Saran, a man on the wrong side of the law, she has trouble making ends meet, and receives occasional benefits payments from a support group for women who have been affected by the war. Esma has little interest in talking about the loss of her husband, whom she claims was a hero fighting for Bosnia, and can become hyper-emotional with little provocation. As Pelda, one of Esma's co-workers at the club, attempts to interest her in romance, Esma notices that Sara has caught the eye of Samir, a rebellious young man who is one of her classmates. As Esma tries to discourage Sara from becoming involved with Samir, she finds fate has forced her to tell her daughter the truth about her father.