Running on Sand (2023) Screening & Discussion

Tue, November 12, 2024 5:30 PM - Tue, November 12, 2024 8:00 PM at Club Spartan, 338 Case Hall

Attend a screening of Running on Sand (2023) and a discussion with actor Chansela Mongoza in Club Spartan (338 Case Hall) on Nov. 12 from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Running on Sand (2023)
1h 44m, comedy, directed by Adar Shafran
Israel, Hebrew, English, and Tigrinya with English subtitles.
Aumari (Chansela Mongoza), a young Eritrean refugee living in Israel, is about to be deported back to his home country. After a spontaneous escape attempt at the airport, he is mistaken for a Nigerian soccer player, who is supposed to arrive at the same time. Aumari seizes the opportunity and benefits for his change of identity as the new key acquisitions for the team of 'Maccabi Netanya.' Despite the absence of any soccer talent, Aumari is able to cover-up and heal the divisions of his struggling team, while a tender romantic bond with charmingly unconventional daughter of the team owner is growing.

Chancela Mongoza is a television, film, and theater actor. The star of the film Running on Sand, who also played in the television series Virgins, Queens (HOT), Asylum City, Kadabra (YES) and more. In theater, he landed a leading role in the stage adaptation of the French film The Intouchables at the Cameri Theater. In early 2020, the documentary film Chancela - The New Black (Kan 11), directed by Boaz Rosenberg, was released, telling the story of Mongoza's life. Boaz followed him for about seven years, during which he went a long way from an anonymous young man to a rising star.

Co-Sponsors: College of Arts and Letters, College of Social Science, James Madison College, Residential College of Arts and Humanities, International Studies and Programs, Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures, Film Studies, and Asian Studies.