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| List 1List 2List 3List 4 | List 5September11th ProgramOpening FilmRetrospective
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| The Sept. 11 film program explores Arab-American identity and strife from the aspects of U.S. foreign policy, post Sept. 11th, media images, and the complexity of existing within 2 different cultures. This program is dedicated to the hundreds of Arab-American and Muslim victims of the Sept. 11attacks on the twin towers and the diverse victims of the violent hate crimes that followed. Roxie Cinema, Nov. 2nd, 6.00pm Fine Arts Cinema, Nov. 9th, 3.30pm Towne Theater, Nov. 10th, 2.30pm Discussion following series of films.  |
| 21 Laura Plotkin USA, 2002 Short, Video, 3 min English 21 quickly and succinctly chronicles Niomi, a Brooklyn resident who recalls being brutally accosted ten days after the twin towers collapsed. In My Own Skin Jennifer Jajeh and Nikki Byrd USA, 2001 Short, Video, 16 min English Discussion following films In My Own Skin sheds light on the complexities of the Arab American experience through candid, in-depth interviews with five young Arab women living in New York in the months following the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. Taking us beyond common stereotypes and misconceptions, In My Own Skin gives us a glimpse of the conflicts, joys and pressures of being a member of two very different communities Living In Two Worlds Students of Al Noor School in Brooklyn, facilitated by Todd Chandler USA, 2001 Short, Video, 12 min English High school students of the Al Noor School in Sunset Park, Brooklyn communicate their experiences as Muslims, teenagers, and New Yorkers. |
| When They Started Bombing Saba Waheed and Ivan Jaigirdar USA, 2002 Short, Video, 5 min English When They Started Bombing uses personal narrative and an array of images from news television to make a complicated statement about the US bombings of Afghanistan as well as past military expeditions, the role of media during wartime, and the effects of September 11 on the lives of immigrants. The narrator tells a shared story of displacement and disillusionment while attempting, and often failing, to disrupt the television images from the machinery of "infotainment". The Arab World: as seen on TV Joseph Namy USA, 2002 Short, Video, 10 min English An experimental video discussing Network TelevisionÍs post-September 11th portrayal of Arabs. |
