Tuesday, November 11, 2014
5:30 p.m.
Joukowsky Forum
WATCH DIRECTOR OPENING REMARKS AND Q&A
Screening of 1948, director: Mohammed Bakri (1998), Palestine-Israel (Arabic, English subtitles, 54 min)
1948 is a collection of memories of a group of elderly Arabs, describing the moment they became refugees and were deported. In the film, Mohammad Bakri employs poetry by well-known Palestinian poet and author Mahmoud Darwish.
This event is part of “1948 – Once Upon a Palestine”, a film series curated by Ariella Azoulay, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Modern Culture.