Tripoli: A Tale of Three Cities—reception, screening, and discussion with the filmmmaker

While living abroad, a filmmaker returns to Tripoli, Lebanon, to confront a hometown that once rejected him as a queer child. With a microphone in hand, he walks around coffee shops, public squares, and a park to ask the city’s inhabitants about their cultural and social beliefs and their embrace of new ideas. Gradually, he meets a group of marginalized individuals whose eccentric life choices contradict the general lifestyle in this religiously and socially conservative city. Through intimate conversations with a communist activist, a queer music producer, and other unconventional characters, Tripoli: A Tale of Three Cities explores the complicated relations one forms with a hometown in crisis. This contemplative urban symphony paints a picture of a city trapped in a self-spun web, paralyzed by a deep economic crisis, a faltering revolution, and a looming doomsday.

UC Santa Cruz affiliates are invited to a screening of the film, followed by a discussion between UCSC alum, Raed Rafei, and Professor of Film and Digital Media, Peter Limbrick.
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ADMISSION
– Attend in person at the Communications Studio C
– FREE and open to UCSC affiliates
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FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
5:30 p.m.—Reception in Communications 139
7:00 p.m.—Film Screening and Discussion in Studio C
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PARKING
– Parking by UCSC permit or ParkMobile.
– Baskin Engineering Lot #139A and Core West are the closest parking lots to the Communications Building.
– Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces, Medical spaces, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.
– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)
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This program is open to all UC Santa Cruz affiliates consistent with state and federal law.