Film at the Ware Center: Theeb

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Running time 1 hour, 40 minutes | Arabic with English subtitles | In 1916, while war rages in the Ottoman Empire, Hussein and his younger brother Theeb (“Wolf”) live in isolation from the vast, unforgiving desert. But their quiet existence is interrupted when Hussein agrees to lead a British Army officer and his guide on a long and treacherous journey to a water well located along the old pilgrimage route to Mecca, and the young, mischievous Theeb secretly follows. A wondrous “Bedouin Western” about a boy who, in order to survive, must become a man and live up to the name his father gave him. Directed by Naji Abu Nowar.

Price: $7 Adult; $5 Students and Seniors