(Rating to be Advised)

Programmed by Ghazi Alqudcy and Q&A session moderated by Wesley Leon Aroozoo.

A Peek at Time is a film program made out of 3 screenings, presented during SeptFest 2022: uproot | rootless. It lays out stories that tell of personal, societal, political and cultural journeys--of painful uprootings or feelings of loss through rootlessness. The audience will follow the journey of the characters or social actors as they navigate through time, hustling their way to find meaning in living within a community – or not. The 3 screenings will be guided by the following thematic approach: House, Land and People.

A community is a familiar entity used to bring people together to advocate and support each other in the fight to overcome threats. Communities are an essential part of our society because we all depend on and interact with each other. But as time passes, communities evolve – for the better or worse. The evolution of a particular social community can be represented as a sequence of events (changes) following each other in the successive time frames within the temporal social network. As individuals, we are told that we are nothing without our roots, and so we need to find our roots, which we do in our community, among “our people.” It is important to remember your roots because this tells you where you came from and what your customs and traditions were.