kino21 and Arab Film Festival present
PALESTINE: Inside / Outside
videos by James T. Hong and Kamal Aljafari (artists in person)
- When
- Wed Apr 9, 2008
- Where
- Artists' for Television Access (ATA)
- Time
- 8pm
- Cost
- $8
- Tags
- Movies, Documentary, Film Screenings
Description
Local San Francisco artist James T. Hong presents "THIS SHALL BE A SIGN" (2007) and visiting Palestinian filmmaker Kamal Aljafari presents "The Roof" (2006). While each of these works takes up the contemporary moment in Palestine/Israel, they do so in radically different ways, both formally and thematically. Both artists will be present for the screening.Being an outsider to the conflict, Hong describes his film as "an interpretation of the conflict over the reconstruction of a ramp in Jerusalem, of the struggle for sovereignty over a holy site, and of the power of technology ..."
Kamal Aljafari’s "The Roof", on the other hand, is a work literally "from the interior" — from and about a Palestinian family that circumstances forced to stay in the area that is now part of the state of Israel. A loosely structured, visually eloquent, and politically understated cinematic essay, "The Roof" explores physical and psychic senses of place in the context of Aljafari’s family history.
More Info
- Link
- http://www.kino21.org/
- Call
- (415) 824-3890
- Contact Form (account required)
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