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FILMS on Palestine-Israel By
PALESTINE-ISRAEL FILMS ON THE HISTORY of the PALESTINE-ISRAEL CONFLICT compiled with brief introduction and commentary by Rosalyn Baxandall A publication of the Palestine-Israel Working Group of Historians Against the War (HAW) December 2014 www.historiansagainstwar.org Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – NonCommercial – ShareAlike 1 Introduction This compilation of films that relate to the Palestinian-Israeli struggle was made in July 2014. The films are many and the project is ongoing. Why film? Film is often an extraordinarily effective tool. I found that many students in my classes seemed more visually literate than print literate. Whenever I showed a film, they would remember the minute details, characters names and sub-plots. Films were accessible and immediate. Almost the whole class would participate and debates about the film’s meaning were lively. Film showings also improved attendance at teach-ins. At the Truro, Massachusetts, Library in July 2014, the film Voices Across the Divide was shown to the biggest audiences the library has ever had, even though the Wellfleet Library and several churches had refused to allow the film to be shown. Organizing is also important. When a film is controversial, as many in this pamphlet are, a thorough organizing effort including media coverage will augment the turnout for the film. Many Jewish and Palestinian groups list films in their resources. This pamphlet lists them alphabetically, and then by number under themes and categories; the main listings include summaries, to make the films more accessible and easier to use by activist and academic groups. 2 1. 5 Broken Cameras, 2012. -
Michael Tilson Thomas
• 35 YE 21 AR 0 S 2 BERKSHIRE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2021 marks the 35th anniversary of the Berkshire Jewish Film Festival. The brainchild of Dr. Zev Raviv, the festival was led by Margie Metzger for 30 years. For the first 20 years, the films were shown on a 16mm projector at Knesset Israel in either the Sanctuary or the Social Hall. At the very beginning, a crowd of 25 was considered a success. Amy Abramovich helped run the concession where people could buy ice cream and other goodies. Because it was (and still is) a fundraiser for the Knesset Israel Hebrew School, it was important to involve the students, and each year a contest was held to design the program cover. The tide turned with the screening of the documenta- ry, The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg. There was stand- ing room only and it was then that public perception of the film festival changed. And the rest is history! Over these past 35 years, the BJFF has shown hundreds of films to thousands of people. Last year with the pan- demic forcing us to close the theater doors, we were able to continue as a virtual festival showing films online and engaging our audience members with Zoom talkbacks. This year we are celebrating with a full seven weeks of programming. Including the five short films being shown on August 9th, we are offering eighteen films in total. Our films range from political documentaries and biographies to comedies, heartfelt family stories, and animation. We couldn’t run this festival without our loyal volunteers. -
Fake Realities: Assassination and Race in Popular Culture Kevin Marinella
Bridgewater State University Virtual Commons - Bridgewater State University Master’s Theses and Projects College of Graduate Studies 2018 Fake Realities: Assassination and Race in Popular Culture Kevin Marinella Follow this and additional works at: http://vc.bridgew.edu/theses Part of the Criminology Commons Recommended Citation Marinella, Kevin. (2018). Fake Realities: Assassination and Race in Popular Culture. In BSU Master’s Theses and Projects. Item 56. Available at http://vc.bridgew.edu/theses/56 Copyright © 2018 Kevin Marinella This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Running Head: FAKE REALITIES: ASSASSINATION AND RACE IN POPULAR CULTURE 1 Fake realities: Assassination and race in popular culture A Thesis Presented by KEVIN MARINELLA Submitted to the College of Graduate Studies Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, Massachusetts in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Criminal Justice MAY 2018 Fake realities: Assassination and race in popular culture 2 Fake realities: Assassination and race in popular culture A Thesis Presented by KEVIN MARINELLA MAY 2018 Approved as to style and content by: Signature:______________________________________________________________ Dr. Wendy Wright, Chair Date: Signature:______________________________________________________________ Dr. Carolyn Petrosino, Member Date: Signature:______________________________________________________________ Dr. Jamie Huff, Member Date: Fake realities: Assassination and race in popular culture 3 ABSTRACT Since the September 11th, 2011 terrorist attacks the United States had been involved in conflicts across the globe. These conflict have given rise to the use of target killing, commonly known as assassination as a way to eliminate enemies of the United States. A majority of those killed are of Middle-Eastern descent and/or are followers of Islam. -
Rhetorics of Belonging
Rhetorics of Belonging Postcolonialism across the Disciplines 14 Bernard, Rhetorics of Belonging.indd 1 09/09/2013 11:17:03 Postcolonialism across the Disciplines Series Editors Graham Huggan, University of Leeds Andrew Thompson, University of Exeter Postcolonialism across the Disciplines showcases alternative directions for postcolonial studies. It is in part an attempt to counteract the dominance in colonial and postcolonial studies of one particular discipline – English literary/ cultural studies – and to make the case for a combination of disciplinary knowledges as the basis for contemporary postcolonial critique. Edited by leading scholars, the series aims to be a seminal contribution to the field, spanning the traditional range of disciplines represented in postcolonial studies but also those less acknowledged. It will also embrace new critical paradigms and examine the relationship between the transnational/cultural, the global and the postcolonial. Bernard, Rhetorics of Belonging.indd 2 09/09/2013 11:17:03 Rhetorics of Belonging Nation, Narration, and Israel/Palestine Anna Bernard Liverpool University Press Bernard, Rhetorics of Belonging.indd 3 09/09/2013 11:17:03 First published 2013 by Liverpool University Press 4 Cambridge Street Liverpool L69 7ZU Copyright © 2013 Anna Bernard The right of Anna Bernard to be identified as the author of this book has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or -
GSC Films: S-Z
GSC Films: S-Z Saboteur 1942 Alfred Hitchcock 3.0 Robert Cummings, Patricia Lane as not so charismatic love interest, Otto Kruger as rather dull villain (although something of prefigure of James Mason’s very suave villain in ‘NNW’), Norman Lloyd who makes impression as rather melancholy saboteur, especially when he is hanging by his sleeve in Statue of Liberty sequence. One of lesser Hitchcock products, done on loan out from Selznick for Universal. Suffers from lackluster cast (Cummings does not have acting weight to make us care for his character or to make us believe that he is going to all that trouble to find the real saboteur), and an often inconsistent story line that provides opportunity for interesting set pieces – the circus freaks, the high society fund-raising dance; and of course the final famous Statue of Liberty sequence (vertigo impression with the two characters perched high on the finger of the statue, the suspense generated by the slow tearing of the sleeve seam, and the scary fall when the sleeve tears off – Lloyd rotating slowly and screaming as he recedes from Cummings’ view). Many scenes are obviously done on the cheap – anything with the trucks, the home of Kruger, riding a taxi through New York. Some of the scenes are very flat – the kindly blind hermit (riff on the hermit in ‘Frankenstein?’), Kruger’s affection for his grandchild around the swimming pool in his Highway 395 ranch home, the meeting with the bad guys in the Soda City scene next to Hoover Dam. The encounter with the circus freaks (Siamese twins who don’t get along, the bearded lady whose beard is in curlers, the militaristic midget who wants to turn the couple in, etc.) is amusing and piquant (perhaps the scene was written by Dorothy Parker?), but it doesn’t seem to relate to anything. -
A Review of Some Middle Eastern Movies Written by Melissa Fiameni March 17, 2015
[tabgroup layout="vertical"] A review of some Middle Eastern Movies written by Melissa Fiameni March 17, 2015 Today’s post comes to you from our unofficial but very active and growing “Allegra Lab Italy”, and is a partial and preliminary exploration of Middle Eastern cinema. With special focus on gender issues and the Palestinian social suffering, Melissa Fiameni reviews the following movies: The Syrian Bride, Lemon Tree, Volla Touma, The Time That Remains, Miral, Salt of this Sea. La Sposa Siriana (The Syrian Bride) 1 of 14 [tabgroup layout="vertical"] Regia: Eran Riklis, Suha Arraf Interpreti: Hiam Abbass, Makram J. Khoury, Clara Khoury, Ashraf Barhoum, Eyad Sheety Durata: 93 minuti Produzione: Israele, Francia, Georgia 2004 Genere: drammatico Il film è il risultato di una ricerca, svolta nell’arco di tre anni dal regista e da Suha Arraf, sceneggiatrice israelo-palestinese, tra le alture del Golan, territorio di confine tra Siria e Israele. In queste zone vivono i drusi, minoranza di arabi musulmani che, a causa della vicinanza, si sentono più legati alla Siria, per etnia e religione. E’ stato definito un film politico, ma allo stesso tempo è attenuato da un sottile 2 of 14 [tabgroup layout="vertical"] velo di amara ironia; la sposa siriana del titolo è Mona, una giovane donna che abita in un villaggio sulle alture del Golan, occupate da Israele fin dal 1967, e promessa in moglie ad un lontano cugino, celebre attore televisivo, che vive in Siria. Sin dalle scene iniziali, si può avvertire il senso di rassegnazione che pervade la giovane sposa: Mona, infatti, è consapevole del fatto che, una volta varcato il confine, non potrà più tornare in Israele per poter far visita alla propria famiglia, perché ormai diventata una “nuova” siriana. -
“The Jaffa Slope Project”: an Analysis of “Jaffaesque” Narratives in the New Millennium
Introduction “The Jaffa Slope Project”: An Analysis of “Jaffaesque” Narratives in the New Millennium Ravit Goldhaber Department of Geography, Ben-Gurion University Introduction The public discourse surrounding the The Jaffa Slope project is a development project and its implementation has plan that was drafted for the city of Jaffa constituted an arena in which Jaffa’s (Yaffa in Arabic) in the 1960s. It various actors (including the Jewish encompasses the Arab neighborhoods of establishment and the Arab population) Jabaliya and Ajami and the underlying have battled over the redesign of the space. shoreline, known as the Jaffa Slope. The The municipality presents the project as aim of the project is to create new land by part of its overall regional policy of land reclamation, thereby creating open integrated socio-urban rehabilitation and spaces for the public and land for building development, which ostensibly aims at apartments of a relatively high standard, enhancing the lives of those living in the and making greater use of the shoreline Arab neighborhoods and improving their (Local Master Plan – Jaffa Slope No. image and status. By contrast, the local 2236). The project serves as a “shadow Arab discourse reflects a sense that the plan,” and accordingly any project community faces an existential threat. implemented within its confines must In this article, I will argue that the conform to its directives. Although several implementation of the Jaffa Slope project stages of the project have been reflects a convergence of national, implemented over the past forty years, it economic and socio-urban interests that was only in 1995 that it received final has given rise to a struggle over spatial official approval. -
Lemon Tree (Etz Limon)
Lemon Tree (Etz Limon) 106 minutes, 2008, Israel/Germany/France Director, Eran Riklis Cast: Hiam Abbass, Doron Tavori, Ali Suliman Synopsis Salma, a Palestinian widow - living there for decades - has to stand up against her new neighbour, the Israeli Defence Minister, when he moves into his new house opposite her lemon grove, on the green line border between Israel and the West Bank. The Israeli security forces are quick to declare that Salma's trees pose a threat to the Ministers safety and issue orders to uproot them. Together with Ziad Daud, a young Palestinian lawyer, Salma goes all the way to the Israeli Supreme Court to try and save her trees. Her struggle raises the interest of Mira Navon, the Defense ministers wife, trapped in her new home and in an unhappy life. Despite their differences and the borders between them the two women develop an invisible bond, while forbidden ties grow stronger between Salma and Ziad. Salma’s legal and personal journey lead her deep into the complex, dark and sometimes funny chaos of the ongoing struggle in the Middle East Review, Tom Dawson Channel 4 Film Written and directed by Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis, Lemon Tree explores the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the story of a Palestinian widow seeking to protect her lemon grove. Although based on several real-life cases, Lemon Tree has the feel of an allegorical story. Writer-director Riklis has stated that he wanted to show "people trapped in a political deadlock", and Lemon Tree provides a plausible context for his characters' actions. -
A Comparison of Palestinian and South African Resistance
Wright State University CORE Scholar Browse all Theses and Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 2015 Understanding Paths Toward Strategic Success in NVR Campaigns: A Comparison of Palestinian and South African Resistance Archibald A. Grieve Wright State University Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/etd_all Part of the International Relations Commons Repository Citation Grieve, Archibald A., "Understanding Paths Toward Strategic Success in NVR Campaigns: A Comparison of Palestinian and South African Resistance" (2015). Browse all Theses and Dissertations. 1434. https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/etd_all/1434 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Browse all Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. UNDERSTANDING PATHS TOWARDS STRATEGIC SUCCESS IN NVR CAMPAIGNS: A COMPARISON OF PALESTINIAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN RESISTANCE A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts By ARCH GRIEVE B.A. Social Science Education, Wright State University, 2008 2015 Wright State University WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL JULY 24, 2015 I HEREBY RECOMMEND THAT THE THESIS PREPARED UNDER MY SUPERVISION BY Arch Grieve ENTITLED Understanding Paths Towards Strategic Success in NVR Campaigns: A Comparison of Palestinian and South African Resistance BE ACCEPTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF Master of Arts. ________________________ Vaughn Shannon, Ph.D. Thesis Director ________________________ Laura M. Luehrmann, Ph.D. Director, Master of Arts Program in International and Comparative Politics Committee on Final Examination: ___________________________________ Vaughn Shannon, Ph.D. -
La Sposa Siriana
LA SPOSA SIRIANA Sito: http://www.syrianbride.com/english.html Anno: 2004 Data di uscita: 1/7/2005 Durata: 97 Origine: FRANCIA - GERMANIA - ISRAELE Genere: DRAMMATICO - COMMEDIA Produzione: ERAN RIKLIS, BETTINA BROKEMPER, ANTOINE DE CLERMONT-TONNERRE, MICHAEL ECKELT PER ERAN RIKLIS PRODUCTIONS, NEUE IMPULS FILM, MACT PRODUCTIONS, ARTE FRANCE CINEMA, ARTE WDR Distribuzione: MIKADO (2005) Regia: ERAN RIKLIS Attori: HIAM ABBASS AMAL MAKRAM J. KHOURY HAMMED CLARA KHOURY MONA, LA SPOSA ASHRAF BARHOUM MARWAN EYAD SHEETY HATTEM EVELYNE KAPLUN EVELYNA JULIE-ANNE ROTH JEANNE ADNAN TRABSHI AMIN MARLENE BAJJALI LA MADRE URI GAVRIEL SIMON ALON DAHAN ARIK ROBERT HOENIG JOSEPH DERAR SLIMAN TALLEL, LO SPOSO RANIN BOULOS MAI Soggetto: SUHA ARRAF - ERAN RIKLIS Sceneggiatura: SUHA ARRAF - ERAN RIKLIS Fotografia: MICHAEL WIESWEG Musiche: CYRIL MORIN Montaggio: TOVA ASHER Scenografia: AVI FAHIMA Costumi: INBAL SHUKI Trama: Mona sta lasciando il villaggio druso di Majdal Shams, sulle Alture del Golan (occupate dagli israeliani dal 1967), perché sta per sposarsi con Tallel, un noto personaggio della televisione siriana. Tuttavia, quello che dovrebbe essere il giorno più bello della sua vita sarà anche il più brutto. La ragazza infatti, una volta superato il confine tra Israele e Siria non potrà più tornare indietro e quindi non vedrà più la sua adorata famiglia. Uno spaccato sulla complessa vita delle donne in Medio Oriente, divise tra famiglia, tradizioni e confini oppure in continua lotta per imporre idee moderne e progressiste. Come Amal, la sorella di Mona, che vorrebbe liberarsi dagli obblighi che la tradizione le impone... Critica: Batte altre strade e affronta le reti spinate di altri confini, invece, il film del regista Eran Riklis The Syrian Bride che mette casa in una famiglia araba del più grande villaggio dei Drusi nel Golan, fin dal 1967 territorio occupato dagli israeliani. -
Statiscal Data Collection Project on Film and Audiovisual Markets in 9 Mediterranean Countries
EU funded Programme STATISCAL DATA COLLECTION PROJECT ON FILM AND AUDIOVISUAL MARKETS IN 9 MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES Country Profile: 5. Palestine EUROMED AUDIOVISUAL III / CDSU in collaboration with the EUROPEAN AUDIOVISUAL OBSERVATORY Dr. Sahar Ali, Media Expert, CDSU Euromed Audiovisual III Under the supervision of Dr. André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing, European Audiovisual Observatory (Council of Europe) Tunis, November 10, 2013 Responsibility Disclaimer “The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Euromed Audiovisual III programme and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union, or of the European Audiovisual Observatory or of the Council of Europe of which it is part.” The report is available on the programme website: www.euromedaudiovisual.net Film and audiovisual data collection project NATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL LANDSCAPES IN NINE PARTNER COUNTRIES PALESTINE 1. BASIC DATA ..................................................................................................................................5 1.1 Overview ..................................................................................................................................5 1.2 Benchmarks ............................................................................................................................7 1.3 Domestic policy ........................................................................................................................8 1.4 Membership of Palestine and -
The Rosemarie Nathanson Charitable Trust the Shoresh Charitable Trust the R and S Cohen Foundation the Margolis Family the Kobler Trust
SPONSORS THE ROSEMARIE NATHANSON CHARITABLE TRUST THE SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST THE R AND S COHEN FOUNDATION THE MARGOLIS FAMILY THE KOBLER TRUST BANK LEUMI (UK) DIGITAL MARKETING MEDIA TRAVEL GALA SPONSOR SPONSOR SPONSOR SPONSOR President: Hilton Nathanson Patrons Carolyn and Harry Black Peter and Leanda Englander Isabelle and Ivor Seddon Sir Ronald Cohen and Lady The Kyte Group Ltd Eric Senat Sharon Harel-Cohen Lord and Lady Mitchell Andrew Stone Honorary Patrons Honorary Life Patron: Sir Sydney Samuelson CBE Tim Angel OBE Romaine Hart OBE Tracy-Ann Oberman Helen Bamber OBE Sir Terry Heiser Lord Puttnam of Queensgate CBE Dame Hilary Blume Stephen Hermer Selwyn Remington Lord Collins of Mapesbury Lord Janner of Braunstone QC Ivor Richards Simon Fanshawe Samir Joory Jason Solomons Vanessa Feltz Lia van Leer Chaim Topol Sir Martin Gilbert Maureen Lipman CBE Michael Grabiner Paul Morrison Funding Contributors In Kind Sponsors Film Sponsors The Arthur Matyas & Jewish Genetic Disorders UK - The Mond Family Edward (Oded) Wojakovski with thanks to The Dr. Benjamin Fiona and Peter Needleman Charitable Foundation Angel Foundation The Normalyn Charitable Trust Anthony Filer Stella and Samir Joory Stuart and Erica Peters The Blair Partnership Joyce and David Kustow René Cassin Foundation The Ingram Family The Gerald Ronson Foundation The Rudnick Family Charlotta and Roger Gherson Veronique and Jonathan Lewis The Skolnick Family Jane and Michael Grabiner London Jewish Cultural Centre Velo Partners Dov Hamburger/ Carolyn and Mark Mishon Yachad Searchlight Electric The Lowy Mitchell Foundation 1 Welcome to the 16th UK JeWish Film Festival It is with enormous pleasure that I invite you to join us at the 16th UK Jewish Film Festival which, for the first time, will bring screenings simultaneously to London, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester.