The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Requiem for a Tribe” showing Aug. 22-28 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre.

Fifty-five-year-old Hajar — who has spent her entire life in the nomadic Iranian tribe of Bakhtiari — is betrayed and disappointed by her closest family, who want to force her to settle down and peacefully live out her life in the city.

Although the circumstances, including the patriarchal social system, increasing urbanization and climate change, are not in her favor, Hajar is not going to give up her flock of sheep or her nomadic freedom.

In her extremely empathetic, partly personal documentary debut, director Marjan Khosravi creates a portrait of a strong woman who, even in the face of turbulent modernity, does not want to let herself be deprived of the most valuable things she has — memories, traditions, contact with nature and the joy of free movement.

“Requiem for a Tribe” will be shown at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre Aug. 22-28. Showtimes will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 22, 23 and 24 at 3:30 p.m.; and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 25, 26, 27 and 28 at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are $12, or $9 for Film Festival members. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.