Emergence: A Brief Introduction to Palestinian Cinema September 27 – 28, 2006
Over the past two decades, an array of significant new voices have been added to the cinema of the Middle East. Palestinian filmmakers — some working in Israel; some in the territories, many in the diaspora — have created a number of provocative, insightful works that have often challenged the notion of rigid ideologies or monolithic historical readings. Rather, these films have sought to capture the complexity of Palestinian history, culture and identity, using a wide variety of styles and genres. To celebrate the publication of Dreams of a Nation: On Palestinian Cinema, the first English-language study of this movement, Columbia University Professor Hamid Dabashi, who edited this volume, will introduce the screening of Michel Khleifi's Wedding in Galilee on Wednesday, September 27 (6 pm), providing a context for this and other groundbreaking works to be included in this brief series.
Click on Program Overview for a listing of the films in Emergence: A Brief Introduction to Palestinian Cinema.
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Calendar to view the schedule, film descriptions and to purchase tickets online.
