Sarah Abdel-Jelil is a Mauritanian-American filmmaker, dancer, musician and multimedia artist based in Minneapolis, Mni Sota Makoce (Minnesota). Inspired by her nomadic upbringing in a multicultural household across eight different countries, her work explores 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 ‘25 from the University of Minnesota and a BA in Cinema and Media Studies from Carleton College ‘16. She is a recipient of the 2019/20 MCAD-Jerome Fellowship and a 2017 Minnesota State Arts Board Grant. Abdel-Jelil has participated in residencies at Rosy Simas Danse three thirty one space (Minneapolis, MN), Caldera Arts Center (Portland, OR), and Château de La Napoule (Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France).
