Mukaddas Mijit

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On October 28, ChinaFile hosted a screening of Nikah, a film set in China’s Uyghur region in 2017, spanning the months between two weddings. The film follows Dilber, a young woman approaching a crossroads amid the Chinese government’s surveilling and detaining of members of her community. As even her most personal decisions become suddenly political, Dilber must struggle with the tension between tradition and modernity, as her world closes in around her.

Narrative Features and Documentary Features will take us around the world: from the Uyghur Region, to Monterey Park to Pakistan and beyond. Some highlights, include: World Premiere of HOME COURT: This documentary feature. Directed by Erica Tanamachi traces the ascent of Ashley Chea, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy whose life intensifies amid recruitment, injury, and triumph throughout her high school career.