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Summer 2012 Film Series
Wednesdays | 20 June - 18 July | 6:30 p.m.
The Jerusalem Fund and the Center
for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown
University are pleased to present their annual
summer film
series highlighting recent
documentary and feature films from and about
Palestine that explore the social, cultural and
political complexities of Palestinian life and
identity.
All
films begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. All
films, except Hip Hop Is Bigger Than The
Occupation, are screened at The Jerusalem Fund and
are in English or have English subtitles.
Attendance is free and open to the
public. No RSVP required. However,
space is limited. For directions and
parking information, click here. For all
other inquiries, call The Jerusalem Fund at
(202) 338-1958, or email info@thejerusalemfund.org.
Wednesday | 20 June | 6:30
p.m.
The Invisible
Policeman
Director: Laith Al-Juneidi / 59
minutes /
2011
Wednesday | 27 June | 6:30 p.m.
The Kingdom of Women: Ein El
Hilweh
Director: Dahna Abourahme / 54 minutes /
2010
Wednesday | 11 July | 6:30
p.m.
Hip Hop is Bigger than the
Occupation
Director: Nana Dankwa / 85 minutes
/ 2011
Wednesday | 18 July | 6:30
p.m.
Love During
Wartime
Director: Gabriella Bier / 92 minutes / 2011
Wednesday | 20 June | 6:30 p.m.
The Invisible PolicemanDirector: Laith Al-Juneidi / 59 minutes / 2011
View Trailer: http://youtu.be/zPTJYSLgVxw
Nidal aka Abu Sa’ed is a 41-year-old father of nine children. He works as a policeman at the Palestinian National Authority Police Department in Hebron, and lives in the Israeli-controlled and disputed old city of Hebron, where Palestinians do not have control over the security but rather mere and limited civil administration exercised by the Hebron Municipality. Thus, Abu Sa’ed lives a double life; a strong policeman uptown, and a helpless citizen downtown with no privileges whatsoever.
The Invisible Policeman tells the story of a family through the daily life of the father. Despite the hardships, the documentary searches for the light at the end of the tunnel and looks at the family’s hopes and explores its dreams. It also raises questions about coexistence with the other and the reason behind the family's resilience. It explores the reality of living under constant pressure and fear, for children and adults alike, especially when the father who provides security for people cannot provide it for his own family.
This film is the first in the "Voices of Palestine" Summer 2012 Film Series. The annual film series is hosted jointly by The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development and The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Films begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. All films are in English or have English subtitles. Attendance is free and open to the public. No RSVP required. This film will be screened at The Jerusalem Fund, 2425 Virginia Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. For more information, call The Jerusalem Fund at 202-338-1958 or email info@thejerusalemfund.org
Wednesday | 27 June | 6:30 p.m.
The Kingdom of Women: Ein El Hilweh
Director: Dahna Abourahme / 54 minutes / 2010
View Preview Clip: http://youtu.be/ceUey6OXeGQ
The story of the women of Ein El Hilweh refugee camp between 1982 and 1984 is an important chapter in the history of Palestinian refugee women in Lebanon. After the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, the camp was destroyed and its men were imprisoned.
The Kingdom of Women documents the organizing spirit of the community’s women during this period, detailing how they were able to rebuild the camp and protect and provide for their families while their men were held captive. Using animation and scenes from daily life as it moves between past and present, the film focuses on seven of these women, honoring the contributions they’ve made and continue to make to the survival of the Palestinian community in exile.
This film is the second in the "Voices of Palestine" Summer 2012 Film Series. The annual film series is hosted jointly by The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development and The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Films begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. All films are in English or have English subtitles. Attendance is free and open to the public. No RSVP required. This film will be screened at The Jerusalem Fund, 2425 Virginia Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. For more information, call The Jerusalem Fund at 202-338-1958 or email info@thejerusalemfund.org
Wednesday | 11 July | 6:30 p.m.
Hip Hop is Bigger than the Occupation
Director: Nana Dankwa / 85 minutes / 2011
This film will be screened at the Lohrfink Auditorium, Rafik B. Hariri Building, Georgetown University (37th & O Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20057).
View Trailer: http://youtu.be/PGvP0OREI2E
Hip Hop is Bigger than the Occupation is a documentary about a ten day journey of artists traveling through Palestine, teaching and performing nonviolent resistance through the arts. The tour includes M1 of Dead Prez, Shadia Mansour, Marcel Cartier, Mazzi of Soul Purpose, DJ Vega Benetton, Lowkey, Jody McIntyre and Trinidad, Brandon and Lavie from the South West Youth Collaborative/University of Hip Hop Chicago.
Staying in the heart of Balata Refugee Camp at the Yafa Cultural Center in Nablus the group witnesses night raids, tours places like Hebron where there are roads for the Arabs and roads for the Jews and meet families of shaheeds as well as young Palestinians who have been jailed, shot and humiliated. The group visits Bi’lin where they get shot at and tear gassed and experience first hand what it feels like living under occupation.
After the screening, there will be a panel discussion and Q&A with some of the artists and activists featured in the film including Mazzi Behi of Soul Purpose, Marcel Cartier, Ayman El-Sayed and Harrabic Tubman.
This
film is the third in the "Voices of Palestine"
Summer 2012 Film Series.
The annual film series is hosted jointly by The
Jerusalem Fund for
Education and Community Development and The
Center for Contemporary
Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Films
begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.
All films are in English or have English
subtitles. Attendance is free
and open to the public. No RSVP
required. This film will be screened at the
Lohrfink Auditorium, Rafik B. Hariri Building,
at Georgetown University, 37th and O
Streets,
NW, Washington, D.C. 20057. For more
information, call The Jerusalem Fund at
202-338-1958 or email info@thejerusalemfund.org
Wednesday | 18 July | 6:30 p.m.
Love During Wartime
Director: Gabriella Bier / 92 minutes / 2011
View Trailer: http://youtu.be/5ivZmhq-8QQ
Love During Wartime is the real, modern-day tale of Romeo and Juliet. Two fated lovers fighting against the world with their only weapon: Love. In the middle of the smoke and debris, from the most well known running conflict in the world is Osama, a Palestinian Muslim artist. Jasmin is an Israeli Jew who is a dancer and a daughter of a German Jewish immigrant. Israeli bureaucracy filled with suspicion and a menacing Palestinian society make their life a nightmare. All they want to do is create a new life together removed from politics, religion and history. But, of course, this is not easy in a land where their societies have turned their backs on them, disapproving of such a union. And so, they leave in search of a new life. (Provided by Seventh Art Releasing)
This film is the last in the "Voices of Palestine" Summer 2012 Film Series. The annual film series is hosted jointly by The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development and The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Films begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. All films are in English or have English subtitles. Attendance is free and open to the public. No RSVP required. Films are screened at The Jerusalem Fund, 2425 Virginia Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. For more information, call The Jerusalem Fund at 202-338-1958 or email info@thejerusalemfund.org