Sarah Abdel-Jelil

Sarah Abdel-Jelil is a Mauritanian-American filmmaker, dancer, musician, and multimedia artist based in Minneapolis, Mni Sota Makoce (Minnesota), USA. Inspired by her nomadic upbringing in a multicultural, interfaith household across eight different countries, her films explore the relational nature of home, movement, and liminal spaces as well as the tether between human and the more-than-human environment. She holds an MFA from the University of Minnesota and a BA in Cinema and Media Studies from Carleton College and has completed residencies at Caldera Arts Center (Oregon, USA), the Acreage (Wisconsin, USA), Rosy Simas Danse three thirty one space (Minnesota, USA), Château de La Napoule (France), and The Arts Centre (Aotearoa/New Zealand). She is a founding member of Yalla Drum Ensemble with New Arab American Theater Works and a member of the CHANT (Culture Healing Art Nature Technology) collective.

Headshot by Isabel Fajardo.

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