title: Payomet Presents: Dunia: Kiss Me Not on the Eyes

date: Sunday October 21st

start time: 17:00:00

end time: 00:00:00

town: Provincetown

street: 237 Commercial Street

description: Payomet Performing Arts Center presents the Cape Cod Festival of Arab Cinema. On Sunday, October 21 at Waters Edge Cinema, 237 Commercial St., 2nd Fl. (Whalers Wharf Mall), Provincetown 5 p.m the Screening of Dunia: Kiss Me Not on the Eyes (2005, Jocelyne Saab, Egypt, 108 minutes) will be followed by discussion with Professor Anne Ciecko. A young student of the arts, Dunia aspires to be a professional dancer and poet. Her artistic expression is inhibited, however, by her inability to experience and express desire. Dunia’s reasoning that women should not move their bodies to evoke an act of love is challenged by the ardent public intellectual Dr. Beshir – played by Egyptian superstar singer Mohammed Mounir. With his help, Dunia begins an all-consuming search for ecstasy in poetry, dance, and music –taking us into the world of women in a society that both fetishizes and oppresses female sexuality. Ultimately, Dunia learns that she must confront the traditions that have destroyed her capacity for pleasure before she will be able to experience it. Tickets $9.00 Advance For more information and tickets visit our website at Payomet.org or call the box office at 508-487-5400