February at the Walker Cinema

February keeps the momentum going at Walker Cinema with films that blend personal storytelling, political insight, and inventive form. From Jocelyne Saab’s newly restored The Razor’s Edge (Ghazl el-Banat)—a rare narrative window into Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War—to Endless Cookie, an animated feature documentary, this month foregrounds voices shaped by history, identity, and lived experience. Expect big ideas, sharp perspectives, and plenty to talk about once the lights come up. Tickets now on sale.

The Razor’s Edge (Ghazl el-Banat) by Jocelyne Saab 

Friday, February 13, 7 pm 

$15 ($12 Walker members and seniors; free for students on Friday 

Walker Cinema 

Jocelyne Saab’s The Razor’s Edge is one of the documentary filmmaker’s few narrative features. It tells the story of platonic love between a young refugee from southern Lebanon and a painter depressed by the ongoing Lebanese Civil War. The characters traverse spaces that have now disappeared, taking viewers into corners of Beirut not often shown in films made during the conflict. Presented in a new 4K restoration, The Razor’s Edge merges narrative structure with astute documentary precision to display the social impacts of violence on Lebanon during the war.
1985. Lebanon/France. DCP. In Arabic and French with English subtitles. 102 min.

Presented as part of Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour, curated by Archives on Screen, Twin Cities, in partnership with MSP Film Society and Cineteca di Bologna.
DCP courtesy of Association Jocelyne Saab. Promotional support provided by Mizna.

Endless Cookie by Seth Scriver and Peter Scriver 

February 20–21, 7 pm 

$15 ($12 Walker members, seniors, and students); free for students on Friday  

Walker Cinema 

Seth Scriver and Peter Scriver’s animated feature documentary recounts their relationship growing up as two half-brothers—one Indigenous, one white—and their radically different lives in 1980s Toronto and the remote Shamattawa First Nation in northern Manitoba. At its core, the film combines Seth’s wildly inventive and playful animations with Peter’s oral history, moving through grocery-store misadventures, trapping adventures, and encounters with caribou. The Scrivers’ story is both an endearing, deeply personal narrative about familial bonds and a sharp critique of how Indigenous people have been treated under colonialism in Canada.
2025. Canada. DCP. In English and Cree. 97 min.

A prerecorded conversation with Seth Scriver and Peter Scriver follows the film.