6:00 p.m.  Reception
6:30 p.m.  Screening
7:30 p.m.  Rap Session

In 2023, People's Light had the honor of premiering Heather Raffo's Nine Parts as a streamed digital production — a new film adaptation of her internationally-acclaimed play 9 Parts of Desire. This March, join us in The Farmhouse at People's Light for a special evening with WHYY, featuring a screening of the film and a conversation with Raffo.

Following the screening, stay for an intimate and engaging discussion led by the playwright and filmmaker. Over tea and dessert, guests will explore the film’s moving themes of grief, cultural heritage, and collective resilience.

Nine Parts tells the story of an Iraqi-American woman grieving her father’s death during the pandemic as she journeys to the oldest Iraqi church in North America. Through ancestral stories of Iraqi women, personal loss is transformed into shared strength and hope.
 
Admission is free, but space is limited. Reserve your tickets on WHYY.org to be part of this meaningful and memorable evening.

This evening is generously sponsored by Barbara Austell.

HEATHER RAFFO is an award-winning playwright and actress whose work has taken her from the Kennedy Center to the Aspen Ideas Festival, and from London’s House of Lords into classrooms across the nation. Her work has been seen Off-Broadway, Off West End, in regional theaters, and in film. She is best known as the author and solo performer of 9 Parts of Desire, which The New Yorker called “an example of how art can remake the world.” The acclaimed play was adapted into a film that premiered in 2023.

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