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Sunderland Film Club presents... Mayor

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Audience type
12+
Running time
1 hour 29 minutes

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Join us at Arts Centre Washington this September for a screening of David Osit’s quietly powerful portrait of a man and a city resisting subjugation – Mayor.

Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Ramallah, has a few immediate goals during his second term in office: repave the sidewalks, attract more tourism, and plan the city’s Christmas celebrations. His ultimate mission: to end the occupation of Palestine.

Filled with richly detailed and wryly humorous observations, Mayor offers a portrait of a passionate and dignified local politician caught amidst the madness and absurdity of endless occupation while posing a question: how do you run a city when you don’t have a country?

Sunderland Film Club is supported by Film Hub North, with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network, and Cinema for All’s Glow Scheme. The programme is funded by the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery.

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