MIZNA AND THE CEDAR PRESENT: CATHARSIS: ARAB FILM FEST DANCE NIGHT at The Cedar Cultural Center – Minneapolis, MN

MIZNA and The Cedar present:

CATHARSIS: ARAB FILM FEST DANCE NIGHT

Saturday, September 27, 2025 / Doors: 8:30 PM / Show: 9:00 PM

All Ages

StandingThis is a standing show with an open floor. To request seating or other access accommodations, please go to our Access Page.

For Cedar presented shows, online ticket sales typically end one hour before the door time, and then, based on availability, tickets will be available at the door. Tickets purchased at the door will include a $1 Eventbrite fee.

ABOUT THIS SHOW

Join Mizna at The Cedar Cultural Center for a night of purging our grief and anger on the dance floor, featuring local DJs Jacques, Jamal, and Talia Knight. Mizna merch and journals will be available to purchase on site. Free for Arab Film Fest passholders.

Arab Film Fest passholders will receive a code to reserve their complimentary ticket. Purchase your pass here.

THE TWIN CITIES ARAB FILM FEST

Established in 2003, Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Fest debuts independent narrative, documentary, and experimental features and short films from more than fifteen Arabic-speaking countries and their diasporas. The festival puts SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) and Arab filmmakers at all career stages in critical dialogue with one another and with Mizna audiences. Each year, Minnesota and US audiences gather to enjoy the varied ways that SWANA artists represent and montage their social realities.In addition to exhibiting films, TCAFF hosts panel discussions, dialogues, and performances, capturing and engaging with the complexity of the Arabic-speaking world and its diverse narratives. TCAFF screens classic and contemporary dramas, comedies, documentaries, science fiction films, and experimental video projects, including the work of filmmakers from countries like Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, and Morocco. TCAFF exhibits all films in their original languages with English subtitles.

To learn more about MIZNA:

• Learn more about all of Mizna’s programs here

DJ Jacques

DJ Jacques brings an eclectic sound to the people. It’s a bold improv of vinyl he calls “matilanamusiki” (Duala language of Cameroon). It’s funk for your body and intuitive beats for your soul. Once the needle drops, you can listen, vibe or dance for enjoyment.

Jamal Awadallah

Jamal Awadallah is a Palestinian-American multidisciplinary artist based in the Twin Cities. He raps under the moniker – AWU! – and has an album out – For the Love of Rhyme! – you can find on streaming services.

TaliaKnight

TaliaKnight is a beatmaker, DJ, graphic designer and illustrator from Chile, based in Minneapolis. She has been sharing her Latin American culture through music around the Twin Cities since 2016. Her love and knowledge of music extends to many different genres and cultures, especially hip-hop and electronic, which are the main influences for her personal production work. You can catch her on the radio every Thursday on KRSM 98.9 FM 5-7pm on her show “Beats, Sleep, Repeat.”

Visuals by Anniessa Antar.