Sugar Cage
​Starts: May 27
Time: 6pm Eastern Time

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A still from Sugar Cage
Country: Syria  
Director: Zeina Qahwaji
Length: 60 mins
Synopsis: In an attempt to record a standstill time, the filmmaker examines her intimate life with her aging parents over the course of 8 years since the beginning of war in Syria. The film is questioning a life style, and scenes of isolation and stagnancy that overshadow life in Syria. In parallel, it is observing an intimate, human affection that’s maybe rooted deeper than we may imagine.

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