LEWISTON — The Lewiston Public Library and Auburn Public Library’s Muslim Journeys film series will show “Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1., in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library.

The 90-minute film will be followed by a short discussion led by Reza Jalali, the coordinator of multicultural student affairs at the University of Southern Maine.

The film explores the richness of Islamic art in objects big and small, from great ornamented palaces and the play of light in monumental mosques to the exquisite beauty of ceramics, carved boxes, paintings and metal work. It revels in the use of color and finds commonalities in a shared artistic heritage with the West and East.

Produced and directed by Robert Gardner and narrated by Susan Sarandon, the film also examines the unique ways in which Islamic art turns calligraphy and the written word into masterpieces and develops water into an expressive, useful art form.

The event is free and open to the public.

FMI: 207-513-3135, [email protected].