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Jenin Jenin (2002)

Dir. Mohammad Bakri

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Jamila’s Mirror (1976)

Dir. Mustafa Abu Ali

Jamila’s Mirror deals with the memories of Palestinian female guerilla fighters, currently in their forties, who were involved in military operations during their teen years.

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PALESTINE IN THE EYE (1976)

Dir. by Mustafa Abu Ali

Documentary 23 min.

Palestine 1976, Arab. with English subtitles.

An homage to the cinematographer Hani Jawhariya of the Palestine Film Unit of the PLO, which contributed significantly to the emergence and body of the films of the Palestinian resistance. Jawhariya was killed in filming in Lebanon. The film is one of the few remaining documents of the work of the Palestine Film Unit.

Palestine in the Eye chronicles the profound impact of Hani Jawharia’s death for the PLO Film Unit. The film reflects on his life through interviews with family, colleagues, and his own cinematography, including the moment of his death while filming for the Unit in 1976. Although the film has later been attributed to Mustafa Abu Ali, the Unit’s method of work was to describe everyone as a collective of “workers,” and we see this in the film titles, which collectively list the names of all those who participated as a non-hierarchical collective. Through this reflection on Jawharieh, we are offered an understanding of the workings of the Palestine Film Unit and its international connections. (source)

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video excerpt from 

PALESTINE IN THE EYE (1976)

Dir. by Mustafa Abu Ali 

Documentary 23 min. 

 Palestine 1976, Arab. with English subtitles.

An homage to the cinematographer Hani Jawhariya of the Palestine Film Unit of the PLO, which contributed significantly to the emergence and body of the films of the Palestinian resistance. Jawhariya was killed in filming in Lebanon. The film is one of the few remaining documents of the work of the Palestine Film Unit.

Palestine in the Eye chronicles the profound impact of Hani Jawharia’s death for the PLO Film Unit. The film reflects on his life through interviews with family, colleagues, and his own cinematography, including the moment of his death while filming for the Unit in 1976. Although the film has later been attributed to Mustafa Abu Ali, the Unit’s method of work was to describe everyone as a collective of “workers,” and we see this in the film titles, which collectively list the names of all those who participated as a non-hierarchical collective. Through this reflection on Jawharieh, we are offered an understanding of the workings of the Palestine Film Unit and its international connections. (source)

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Imagens (Luiz Rosemberg Filho, 1972, 60', 16mm)

Dans le réel, on appréhende : a) les images précises qui se situent dans un moment déterminé de nos contradictions historiques et ses conséquences b) les images d’un état répressif en tant que langage déterminant d’un système c) la moralité des morts dans la recherche de la vie. D) l’immobilité en tant que réflexe d’un monde irritant, sans avenir, fatiguant, castrateur, impuissant, sourd et muet. E) avec la bouche fermée, nous agissons dans le silence de l’histoire. f) le sang, c’est notre réalité et notre infirmité. Le monde nous regarde en silence…. Le cinéma est un réveil. ll commence à être interrogateur. ou cela correspond aux images de nos souffrances. (Filho)

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16mm, color, sound, France, 1968, 4'30

Destruction d’une obsession, de souvenirs, d’un moment, d’une vie, vue au travers d’images privées et d’actualité. Course d’images vers le meurtre. Ex est construit à partir de citations renvoyant à l’univers affectif et culturel du peintre; l’humour ponctue le film : alors que Monory s’écroule sur le trottoir, on peut lire sur la façade du cinéma ‘Le film le plus osé de l’année, le plus audacieux de l’histoire du cinéma’, c’est alors qu’il se relève et, d’un revers de main, semble balayer ces images qui l’obsèdent, telles quelques poussières sur son pantalon. Ce film fait partie de la sérier de peintures de Monory ‘MEURTRES’ exécutées à la même époque. (L. Danet)

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Sleepers (Stuart Pound, 16mm, color, sound, France, 1974, 20')

Une succession d’images qui se superposent, se répètent, s’entrechoquent autour de la silhouette du réalisateur qui traverse son œuvre à la manière d’un chef au-dessus de son orchestre. Il dirige brillamment un concerto pour vie passée dans un futur céleste !

A succession of images, overlaying, repeating, banging together around the figure of the filmmaker who crosses his work like a conductor over his orchestra. He brillantly conducts a concerto for a pasted life in a divine future!

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Revisions (Chris Oakley, 2012, video, 8'30)

Revisions explore l'image en mouvement comme mémoire collective et document historique. Avec l'avènement de l’information télévisée, les faits d’actualité internationaux ont commencé à être enregistrés et partagés, et les images de guerre et d’atrocité sont devenues emblématiques.

Revisions explores the moving image as collective memory and historical document. Since the advent of the newsreel, world events have been recorded and shared, and images of war and atrocity have tended to become the most iconic.