Spurlock Museum screens 'If Hafez Wrote a Haiku for Cowboys' free Oct. 17, with producer Anida Yoeu Ali

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URBANA - The Spurlock Museum will show the 2024 feature film "If Hafez Wrote a Haiku for Cowboys" at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, according to the museum's events calendar. The screening in the museum's Knight Auditorium, 600 S. Gregory St., is free and open to all ages.

Masahiro Sugano directed the 115-minute film, which the listing says follows everyday scenes across eight cities in Iran, Japan and the United States in a split-screen format. Global Arts Performance Initiatives and the Salaam MENA Cultural Center are presenting the screening.

According to the listing, Sugano will join a short online discussion after the film and U.S. producer Anida Yoeu Ali will attend in person. A reception with Ali follows at the Salaam MENA Cultural Center, 700 S. Gregory St., Suite E, Urbana.

Source: Spurlock Museum events calendar, https://spurlock.illinois.edu/events/event.php?ID=2789

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Spurlock Museum: Film: "If Hafez Wrote a Haiku for Cowboys" (2024)