Harvard IAAS Film Screening and Discussion: Nikah (“The Wedding”) (at Harvard, Oct. 22, 2024)
Harvard’s Committee on Inner Asian & Altaic Studies invites you to a film screening of Nikah
followed by a discussion with directors Mukaddas Mijit and Bastien Ehouzan.
followed by a discussion with directors Mukaddas Mijit and Bastien Ehouzan.
Nikah (“The Wedding”) is a groundbreaking new film by a Uyghur diaspora scholar and artist, Dr. Mukaddas Mijit. The film is a work of fiction, but it takes place in Xinjiang in 2017, when new policies criminalized many Uyghur practices, including traditional Islamic weddings. Nikah in its brief one-hour runtime explores gender norms and marriage pressures within the Uyghur community. Its cinematography, incorporating perspectives from cell phones and surveillance cameras, comments obliquely on the power of seeing and being seen. Subtle and carefully observed, Nikah is a powerful mid-length feature that captures the uncertainty of a young woman at a personal crossroads, while an immense tragedy of internment unfolds.
