The Power in Looking: A Feminist Film & Coffee Making Workshop
Enjoy a series of slow mornings at Minara with writer and filmmaker Imran Siddiquee. Learn to make hand-pour coffee and analyze films through an intersectional feminist lens.
Jan 24: “Other Worlds” - 10:00am - 12:00pm
A brief intro to feminist film theory and bell hooks’ concept of “the oppositional gaze,” by way of films by Julie Dash, Satyajit Ray, and more.
Jan 25: “Borders Beyond Borders” - 10:00am - 12:00pm
What is the role of cinema amidst colonialism and fascism? Looking for answers via recent films in and out of Hollywood, from Atlantics (2019) to One Battle After Another (2025).
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Imran Siddiquee is a writer and filmmaker confronting systems of domination. Their writing on race, gender, and culture has been published widely, including in The Atlantic, Literary Hub, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Bloomberg News. Imran is the writer and director of three short films, including The Difference Between Us, which premiered at the 2023 BlackStar Film Festival and went on to screen at over a dozen festivals worldwide. They've received filmmaking grants and awards from MTV, Sundance Institute, Creator+, and People's Media Fund.
Most recently they served as the Chief Communications Officer at BlackStar Projects, the premiere organization uplifting Black, Brown, and Indigenous filmmakers globally.