Time for Ilhan

How is it possible to become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives if you are black, a Muslim in a hijab, a mother of three and an immigrant from Somalia? The only person to know the answer is Ilhan Omar, a charismatic activist from Minnesota's Little Mogadishu. We follow her path in an election where she not only has to dethrone her white competitor, who has held his seat for 43 years, but also a Somali man who is taking votes away from her from among conservative Muslims. The protagonist in the film that The New York Times called one of the sparks of hope in the post-election darkness, emanates strength and  joie de vivre despite the difficulties she has both behind her and ahead of her. This is a film about the limits of the idealism of American politics, about the emotions involved in local elections and about one of many brave women who, step by step, are changing the situation of immigrants in the United States-and about sometimes having to agree with your husband that you'll be home late. Well, feminism does have its limits after all.