Conversations with My Father, Adonis
Esber, Ninar / Scott Fox, Lorna
Artist meets writer, young woman meets older man, daughter meets father. All these encounters are played out in the arresting conversations between the artist Ninar Esper (b. 1971) and the father she hardly knew, the Syrian-Lebanese poet Adonis (b. 1930). Esber passionately challenges Adonis on subjects ranging from fundamentalism to animal rights, from feminism to aesthetics, Adonis responds with amusement and judicious wisdom, not concealing...