Directed by Mounia Meddour

Algeria
2019,106 min

Women Filmmakers Week

The term papicha is slang for a hip, pretty girl. Inspired by real events in the late 1990s during the Algerian Civil War, Papicha tells the story of Nedjma, a young student who is fiercely feminist and passionate about fashion design. She and her friends decide that, despite the bans, they must continue to follow their dreams and put on a fashion show. An intense threat of escalating violence builds in the film as religious hard-liners close in on the female students to punish them for their alleged immorality.

(Note:some violent imagery.)

In Arabic and French with English subtitles.

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Thursday, February 27th 2020 | 12:00pm
PCC Cascade
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Friday, February 28th 2020 | 7:00pm
PCC Cascade
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