Description:
Ilhan
Omar is a woman; Ilhan Omar is an immigrant from Somalia; Ilhan Omar
is muslim and wears a hijab; Ilhan is running for elected office in
the US. If you think she doesn’t have a chance to win, that just
means that you have not yet encountered this smart, charismatic,
determined, savvy community organizer and politician. This film,
thanks to its incredible access, tells her unforgettable story of
battling to make a difference in the face of bigotry, sexism,
nativism and yes, even personal scandal. This is must see viewing for
anyone interested in the changing the status quo and/or witnessing
the rise of national and even international political force.
Biography:
Norah Shapiro is
an award winning Minneapolis-based filmmaker who left a decade-long
career as a public defender to pursue documentary filmmaking, and
hasn't looked back since. Her first feature film Miss Tibet:
Beauty in Exile premiered at the DOC NYC Film Festival.
Additional screenings include the 2015 Minneapolis/St. Paul
International Film Festival where it received the "Best
Minnesota Made Feature Documentary" award; SF DOCFEST; the Asian
American International Film Festival in New York City; and others
around the globe. Norah recently co-directed Minnesota 13: From
Grain to Glass, about the untold story of Moonshine in Minnesota.
She is also producing a new documentary about the recently solved
27-year old abduction of Jacob Wetterling, a young Minnesota boy in
rural Minnesota and its far reaching impact; and Killing Mookie,
about the handling of a police killing of a young African American
man by the Minneapolis Police Department and the media. Ms. Shapiro
received the McKnight Filmmaking Fellowship and has received numerous
production and completion funding awards from funders including the
Jerome Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board, and the Minnesota
Filmmakers Legacy Fund.
