Valley of Saints: Film Screening + Q&A with Director Musa Syeed

​Join us at Minara for a special screening of Valley of Saints, a lyrical film set on the waters of Dal Lake in Kashmir. The story follows a young boatman navigating love, environmental change, and the rhythms of everyday life, offering a quiet, intimate portrait of a place and its people.

​The film received the World Dramatic Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012 and tied for the Alfred P. Sloan Prize with Robot & Frank. Director Musa Syeed will be present for a post-screening conversation and Q&A with the audience.

​Our café will be open starting at 1 PM, with Kashmiri items featured on the menu. We hope you’ll join us for an afternoon of film, reflection, and dialogue.

​About the Director:

​Musa's narrative feature films as writer/director, VALLEY OF SAINTS (Sundance Audience Award Winner) and A STRAY (SXSW Official Selection), were both New York Times Critics' Picks. He was also a co‑writer on the Sundance and Berlinale selection MENASHE, which was distributed by A24. His short films include the Op-Doc “The Dispossessed” and Sundance selection "The Big House". Musa was the artistic director and lead instructor for Muslim Youth Voices, a public media program co-created with the Center for Asian American Media. He currently teaches screenwriting and documentary at Harvard, and he was a Fulbright Fellow in Egypt.