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?
Basma al-Sharif
, 2013
, 24 min
Synopsis:Home Movies Gaza introduces us to the Gaza Strip as a microcosm for the failure of civilisation. In an attempt to describe the everyday of a place that struggles for the most basic of human rights, this video claims a perspective from within the domestic spaces of a territory that is complicated, derelict, and altogether…
Arab Loutfi
, 1993
, 25 min
Synopsis:Jamila’s Mirror deals with the memories of Palestinian female guerilla fighters, currently in their forties, who were involved in military operations during their teen years.
, 1974
, 26 min
Kuneitra: Death of a City was made by the American Peace Committee to document the UN-commissioned forensic investigation of the atrocities committed by the Israeli Army in the city of Kuneitra in the occupied Golan Heights. Shots of the remnants of destruction of religious sites, graveyards and homes interlace interviews that were made with the town…
Mustafa Abu Ali
, 1973
, 13.43 min
Synopsis:A rare film by the legendary filmmaker Mustafa Abu Ali, one of the founders of the Palestine Film Unit, the first filmic arm of the Palestinian revolution. Shot by a French news team, the footage was edited by Mustafa in Lebanon to produce one of the earliest films on the occupied territory in Gaza. Scenes…
October 2024
Mary Jirmanus Saba, Sami Al Salamoni, Tareq Rantisi, Mustafa Abu Ali, Arab Loutfi, Basma al-Sharif
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…
Emily Jacir
, 2019
, 43 min
A close friend is asked to start an investigation before an inevitable act occurs. Interlacing images, textures, movements, traces and sounds of over a century, letter to a friend recounts in minute detail a home and street in Bethlehem.
Mona Benyamin
, 2020
, 17 min
Synopsis: Moonscape is a short film that takes the form of a music video for a ballad/middle-of-the-road song, performed as a duet between a male and female singer, in Arabic. The song traces the story of a man called Dennis M. Hope, who claimed ownership of the Moon in 1980 and thus founded the Lunar Embassy…
Synopsis: A close friend is asked to start an investigation before an inevitable act occurs. Interlacing images, textures, movements, traces and sounds of over a century, letter to a friend recounts in minute detail a home and street in Bethlehem.
Nahed Awwad
, 2006
, 3 min
“Not Just Any Sea!” encapsulates the yearning of Palestinians trapped in the West Bank for beachy shores that they are forbidden from visiting. In a romantic gesture, with waves caressing her feet, filmmaker Nahed Awwad appears to have a poetic longing for her lover. In a three minute monologue, her agony is revealed to be…
