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Sep 7, 2023 · Mukaddas Mijit and Bastien Ehouzan’s Nikah is extraordinary. It is a quiet film, a portrait of a young Uyghur woman and her family living in a Uyghur world in the late 2010s. It is astonishing in its restraint, in the way it remains true to a ground-level view of what it looked and felt like to be on the verge of internment.
May 29, 2024 · Mukaddas Mijit and Bastien Ehouzan’s Nikah is extraordinary. It is a quiet film, a portrait of a young Uyghur woman and her family living in a Uyghur world in the late 2010s. It is astonishing in its restraint, in the way it remains true to a ground-level view of what it looked and felt like to be on the verge of internment.
May 16, 2024 · Directors Bastien Ehouzan and Mukaddas Mijit skillfully invite the viewer into the texture of everyday life for Uyghyr families, including: the unfolding tragedy of political unrest and genocide, the nuance of gendered roles and expectations, and also the essence of mutual support in the Uyghur community.
Directed by Bastien Ehouzan and Mukaddas Mijit. 56 minutes / Color. Uygur / English subtitles. Release: 2024. Copyright: 2022. Women's Studies. Human Rights. Fiction - Features. Dilber is 27, and her mother wants to quickly find a husband for her — especially now that her younger sister Rena is settling into newly married life.
May 30, 2024 · Movie Review: Focus on the Endangered “Nikah” Uyghur Wedding Rite. In ‘Nikah’: An astonishing portrait of Uyghur life on the edge of erasure, Darren Byler introduces a film about a traditional Uyghur wedding rite that has been banned in Xinjiang: The story on the surface is a simple one.
Sep 11, 2023 · Mukaddas Mijit and Bastien Ehouzan’s Nikah is extraordinary. It is a quiet film, a portrait of a young Uyghur woman and her family living in a Uyghur world in the late 2010s. It is astonishing in its restraint, in the way it remains true to a ground-level view of what it looked and felt like to be on the verge of internment.
Directed by Bastien Ehouzan, Mukaddas Mijit. Narrative Features; France, The Uyghur Region; Drama; Uyghur; Subtitled; 2024; 56 mins; West Coast premiere
