Mary Jirmanus Saba, Tareq Rantisi
, 2023
, 14 min
Synopsis:Assassinated Lebanese intellectual Mahdi Amel — often dubbed “the Arab Gramsci” — famously said: “He who resists is never defeated.” What use is his thought to us today, and what is our responsibility as image makers to Gaza?
October 2024
Mustafa Abu Ali, Arab Loutfi, Basma al-Sharif, Mary Jirmanus Saba, Sami Al Salamoni, Tareq Rantisi
IMAGES HIJACKING SCREENS FOR LIBERATIONSnapshots Reflecting Palestine (1973-2023) Featuring: Mustafa Abu Ali, Basma al-Sharif, Arab Loutfi, Sami Al Salamoni, Mary Jirmanus Saba, and Tareq Rantisi. Curated by Ali Hussein AlAdawy Screening Online: October 11 – 25, 2024RSVP: artearchive.orgAvailable worldwideFREE / $5 suggested donation In-Person Screening: October 30, 6:45 PMAddress: Weis Cinema, Bard CollegeScreening introduced by Adam Haj Yahia and followed by a Q&A between…
Mary Jirmanus Saba
, 2017
, 99 min
In her directorial debut, Mary Jirmanus Saba deals with a forgotten revolution, saving from oblivion bloodily suppressed strikes at Lebanese tobacco and chocolate factories. These events from the 1970s, which held the promise of a popular revolution and, with it, of women’s emancipation, were erased from collective memory by the country’s civil wars. Rich in…
