Annemarie
, 2006
, 3 min
This witty satire draws a humorous comparison between a busy collection of ants and the liveliness of a Palestinian street. (Sound of the Street is one of 13 short films from the “Palestine, Summer 2006” collection, produced by the Palestinian Filmmakers’ Collective.)
Ayreen Anastas
, 2005
, 51 min
In 1963, Pasolini visited Palestine to search for locations for his film, the Gospel according to Matthew. His journey included locations in Nazareth and the Galilee, Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, Bethlehem and the Naqab. Pasolini conducted quick conversations with a biblical scholar don Andrea Carraro and later included a voice over with his comments and…
Nahed Awwad
, 2003
, 15 min
Documenting the Art Installation “Going for a Ride?” made by the Palestinian Artist Vera Tamari. The installation is a statement on the aggressive and deliberate crushing of hundreds of privately-owned cars by Israeli tanks in Ramallah and El-Bireh during the military incursions in the two towns in 2002. It focuses on crushed cars because of…
Enas I. Al-Muthaffar
Between Jerusalem and Ramallah not only is there now a huge existing wall on the ground, but also a non-tangible wall in the minds and hearts of people. It is a short drive from here to there, yet when asked whether they know the way to Ramallah, many find it a hard question to answer….
, 17 min
In a landscape now interrupted by military checkpoints, a group of Palestinian filmmakers attempt to reach Jerusalem. When they decide to avoid a closed checkpoint by taking an unused side road, the landscape unravels, and the passengers are slowly taken apart by the mundane brutality of military occupation. “like twenty impossibles” is both a visual…
Jumana Manna
, 2010
, 21 min
Blessed Blessed Oblivion weaves together a portrait of masculine performativity in East Jerusalem, manifested in gyms, auto body shops, and hairdressing parlors. Inspired by Kenneth Anger’s Scorpio Rising (1963), the video uses visual collage and music as ironic commentary. Anger’s subjects—leather-clad bikers—serve as a counterpoint to the culture Manna attempts to portray, that of male “thug” culture in East Jerusalem. Simultaneously…
August 2024
Yousef Srouji, Noor Abed
Join Us at Brooklyn Commons Park with Three Promises by Yousef Srouji + our songs were ready for all wars to come by Noor Abed Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2024Location: Brooklyn Commons Park, 5 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201Admission: FREE with RSVPTickets : FREE W/ RSVP Event Schedule: This program is presented in partnership with Rooftop Films. Three PromisesDirected by Yousef SroujiPalestine / US…
Yousef Srouji
Three Promises is the poignant story of a mother and her camera, a son and his suppressed memories, and an entire country. Suha, the mother, documents daily family life during the tumultuous times of the second intifada in the West Bank. As her family frequently seeks refuge underground, Suha makes promises to God in the hopes…
July 2024
Hind Shoufani
Join us for this month’s Arab FIlm Series online feature film: Trip Along Exodus: a personal, political and poetic documentary by Palestinian poet and filmmaker Hind Shoufani! Screening Online: July 8 – 18, 2024RSVP: arabfilmseries.orgFREE / $5 suggested donationAvailable Worldwide Trip Along Exodus, Hind Shoufani, Syria/ Lebanon/ US/ Palestine, 2015, 120 min. Arabic and English with Arabic/English Subtitles Trip…
, 2015
, 120 min
Trip Along Exodus is a film/poem that recreates the last 70 years of Palestinian and Arab politics seen through the prism of the life of the filmmaker’s father, Dr. Elias Shoufani, a leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, an academic and leftist intellectual who was one of the instigators of the opposition to Arafat within Fatah…
