All My Life
Wednesday, Jan 28
8:30 PM, Lecture Hall 1
Egypt / 118 min / Tariq Nasir
Part Egyptian soap opera/ part homerotic smut. All My Life is classic egyptian filmmaking that challenges a country receiveing unconditional US military aid and maintians an abhorrent track record on human rights for sexual minorities.
For Rami, all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds, as long as he keeps to himself. But when his longtime lover leaves him to marry a woman and his best friends drift away, he comes face to face with the harsh realities of life as a gay man in Egypt. Against the backdrop of the choreographed crackdown on gay men and the notorious Queen Boat arrests of 2001, he plunges into a world of loveless friendships and spirals downwards to his ultimate downfall.