LIKE SISTERS SEPARATED AT BIRTH

United States

October 28, 2023

12:00 pm

Synopsis

An exploration of serial migration vis-à-vis a visible Muslim Indo-Guyanese woman. Composed of five chapters, this experimental travelog is concurrently informed by the notion of interconnectedness between peoples of the Global South and their diaspora.

LIKE SISTERS SEPARATED AT BIRTH, will screen as part of the contemplative ones program.

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**The film will also be available for viewing online from Oct 30 to Nov 3. Check our “How to Watch” page for step by step instructions.**

Venue: Castellani House
Vlissengen Road and Homestretch Avenue Georgetown

Raqeebah Zaman

About the Director

Raqeebah Zaman, is a lens-based and mixed-media artist born in Guyana, South America. She studied Film and Cinema Studies at the University of Central Florida.  She has had her mixed-media, photographic, and film work displayed at the King Manor Museum in New York, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center in Maryland, and the Third Horizon Film Festival in Miami, Florida. She has also been a grant recipient of Kodak, Panavision, and the Queens Art Fund. She is currently based in Little Guyana, Queens, NY, where she spent the majority of her childhood.



About the Director

Raqeebah Zaman

Raqeebah Zaman, is a lens-based and mixed-media artist born in Guyana, South America. She studied Film and Cinema Studies at the University of Central Florida.  She has had her mixed-media, photographic, and film work displayed at the King Manor Museum in New York, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center in Maryland, and the Third Horizon Film Festival in Miami, Florida. She has also been a grant recipient of Kodak, Panavision, and the Queens Art Fund. She is currently based in Little Guyana, Queens, NY, where she spent the majority of her childhood.