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Nashville Film Festival

What is Thrive? Inside Metro Arts’ closely scrutinized, equity-focused funding program

Char Daston

July 11, 2024

A movie poster featuring an elderly blind man with a white cane holding the hand of his young granddaughter, who wears a pink t-shirt and pigtails. Both figures are 3D-animated.
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The program’s future is in question because of its direct support of projects by individual artists, which might violate state law.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Kevin Crumbo, Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission, metro finance, Nashville Film Festival

‘Jacir’ is a film about a Syrian refugee who navigates poverty and racism in Memphis. The film’s director can relate.

Julia Ritchey

October 2, 2022

‘Jacir’ is the first full-length feature from director Waheed AlQawasmi, who moved from Jordan to Memphis at the age 13. The drama follows a Syrian refugee resettling in the South, showcasing the best and worst parts of humanity.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: beale street, film, Immigration, jacir, memphis, movies, Nashville Film Festival, refugee resettlement, Waheed AlQawasmi

Film Festival Welcomes Kurds from Nashville, Northern Iraq

Nina Cardona

March 26, 2013

The Nashville Film Festival always draws crowds of movie buffs from around Middle Tennessee and the rest of the nation. But this year, organizers are welcoming a special contingent from halfway across the globe.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, from Nashville to Erbil, WPLN News Tagged With: Kurds, Nashville Film Festival

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