Event Title
Towards a Palestinian Third Cinema
Description
Palestinian revolution, including Jean-Luc Godard and Masao Adachi whose works have received considerable critical attention since they first appeared. Less well known are the works of Palestinian and other Arab filmmakers of that time who were committed to making films within the Palestinian revolution. This presentation describes some of their works and their relationship to the more famous Palestinian works of European and Japanese filmmakers.
About the Lecturer: Nadia Yaqub (PhD University of California, Berkeley, 1999), is professor of Arabic language and culture in the department of Asian studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research addresses film, gender, and literature from the Arab world. She is the author of Pens Swords and the Springs of Art: The Oral Poetry Dueling of Weddings in the Galilee (Brill 2006) and Palestinian Cinema in the Days of Revolution (University of Texas Press 2018). She also coedited Bad Girls of the World (University of Texas Press 2017) with Rula Quawas.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
6-3-2019 4:00 PM
End Date
6-3-2019 5:20 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Duration
1:14:02
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Motion picture producers and directors--Palestine; Motion picture industry--Palestine--History; Motion pictures--Philosophy; Motion picture producers and directors--Arab countries
Geographic Coverage
Palestine
Type
Moving Image
Keywords
Palestinian revolution, Palestinian filmmakers, Arab filmmakers
Rights
This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Towards a Palestinian Third Cinema
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Palestinian revolution, including Jean-Luc Godard and Masao Adachi whose works have received considerable critical attention since they first appeared. Less well known are the works of Palestinian and other Arab filmmakers of that time who were committed to making films within the Palestinian revolution. This presentation describes some of their works and their relationship to the more famous Palestinian works of European and Japanese filmmakers.
About the Lecturer: Nadia Yaqub (PhD University of California, Berkeley, 1999), is professor of Arabic language and culture in the department of Asian studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research addresses film, gender, and literature from the Arab world. She is the author of Pens Swords and the Springs of Art: The Oral Poetry Dueling of Weddings in the Galilee (Brill 2006) and Palestinian Cinema in the Days of Revolution (University of Texas Press 2018). She also coedited Bad Girls of the World (University of Texas Press 2017) with Rula Quawas.
