Selections from Middle Eastern Cinema
Charles Wilkins
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
This film series presents three dark comedies from Turkish, Kurdish-Iranian, and Palestinian perspectives. These films depict the human dramas played out along national borders and suggest the contested nature of national identities. Screenings will be followed by discussion led by member of the History Faculty.
Contact: Charles Wilkins, E51-293, 253-4456, cwilkins@mit.edu
Sponsor: History
Propaganda
Charles Wilkins
Satirizing Turkish state borderland policies in the 1940s, Propaganda (2000) offers commentary on identity politics in present-day Turkey.
Mon Jan 17, 07-10:00pm, Room 2-131
Marooned in Iraq
Charles Wilkins
Directed by an Iranian of Kurdish ethnicity, Marooned in Iraq (2002) follows the adventures of a musical Kurdish family during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988).
Tue Jan 18, 07-10:00pm, Room 2-131
Divine Intervention
Charles Wilkins
Divine Intervention (2002) is a Palestinian-directed absurdist comedy on the everyday lives of Palestinians in Israel and the West Bank in the post-Oslo Accords era.
Wed Jan 19, 07-10:00pm, Room 2-131
Latest update: 30-Nov-2004
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