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| In the Shadows of the CityMelody of Water's WheelNot Going There, Don't Belong Here500 Dunam On The Moon | |
| In the Shadows of the City Jean Chamoun Lebanon, 2000, 35mm, 105 min Arabic w/ English subtitles Jean Chamoun attending A family moves from the countryside to Beirut to escape the civil war between Christians and Muslims „only to be caught in an equally dangerous situation. The film revisits the 15 years of the civil war in Lebanon that ended in 1990 through the eyes of Rami, following him from age twelve throiugh adulthood as his family struggles with unemployment, death, and the disappearance of loved ones. As Jean Khalil Chamoun funnels this history through his young protagonist, he invests the shadows of the past with "noble dreams and precious memories." Co-presented with the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley Fine Arts Cinema, Nov. 8th, 7.45pm Towne Theater, Nov. 9th, 6.15pm |
| Melody of Water's Wheel Abdellatif Ben Ammar Tunisia/France, 2002, 35 mm, 107 min Arabic & French with English subtitles Zeineb, 30 years old and divorced, thinks that divorce will bring her freedom. MÍhamed, an archaeologist, imagines that emigration holds his future. His chance meeting with Zeineb, his first love, brings back his old dreams. They meet Ali, just returned from America, full of plans and schemes. The three take off in an American convertible, heading toward southern Tunisia across sweeping landscapes open to hopes and dreams. In Metlaoui they encounter Mouldi and Zohra, who take refuge there in their love, their strong principles, in beer, the passion of Verlaine and memories of Salah Guermadi. Im Metlaoui truths are revealed and disillusions emerge, but hope can be reborn as well. Roxie Cinema, Nov. 2nd, 7.30pm Towne Theater, Nov. 9th, 12.15pm |
| Not Going There, Don't Belong Here Helga Tawil USA, 2002, Video, 25 min English and Arabic with English sub-titles An expository and reflexive piece on the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Combined with the filmmaker's narrative about her return to Lebanon, the film unravels the lives of a neglected people who have felt mistreated and forgotten for over fifty years, and who nonetheless have a persistent desire to return to a homeland still forbidden. Followed by 500 Dunam On The Moon Rachel Leah Jones USA/France, 2002, Video, 48 min Arabic/Hebrew w/ English subtitles 500 DUNAM ON THE M00N is a documentary about Ayn Hawd, a Palestinian village captured and depopulated by Israeli forces in the 1948 war and subsequently transformed into a Jewish artist's colony and renamed Ein Hod. It tells the story of the village's original inhabitants who, after expulsion, settled in the outlying hills. A critical look at the art of dispossession and the creativity of the dispossessed. Roxie Cinema, Nov. 3rd, 4:15pm Fine Arts Cinema, Nov. 7th, 4.45pm |
