EMERGENCE

The 2008 Arab Film Festival at the Arab American National Museum is featuring a screening of Locusts on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 8:00 p.m. Directed by Joe Namy, this "docu-music video" features Detroit-based hip hop artists Invincible and Finale rhyming about the impacts of unsustainable development on the Motor City. The video includes interviews with community activists discussing displacement and prederatory planning vs. sustainable development in Detroit.

The film will be followed by a performance by and discussion with Finale.

The festival runs Nov. 14-16 and amongst many excellent films, the acclaimed Slingshot Hip-Hop is screening on Friday at 7:20 p.m.