Wednesday, August 14 · 7:30 - 10:30pm EDT - in person at Brooklyn Commons Park, 5 MetroTech Center Brooklyn, NY
Film Screenings + Q & A “Three Promises,” Yousef Srouji - A mother films her family's life while sheltering from Israel’s attacks during the Second Intifada in the West Bank
AND “our songs were ready for all wars to come”, Noor Abed
By Rooftop Films
7:30 PM: Seating Opens / 8:30 PM: Films Begin / 10:00 PM: Q&A with producer Marielle Olentine, moderated by Lila Nazemian, ArteEast's Programs and Communications Director
THE FILMS
Three Promises - Yousef Srouji | Palestine, US, Lebanon | 61 mins
A mother films her family's life while sheltering from Israel’s attacks during the Second Intifada in the West Bank. Her son revisits the past through this footage, delivering a heart-breaking portrait of the anguish of parents forced to choose between their children’s safety and the emotional upheaval of leaving home.
our songs were ready for all wars to come - Noor Abed | Palestine | 22 mins
our songs were ready for all wars to come is an experimental film of choreographed scenes based on documented folk tales from Palestine. The perforated edge of the film, occasionally silhouetted by flashes of light, highlights the nature of the work as a mediated document. Images of women performing draw connections between latent stories of water wells and communal rituals associated with disappearance, mourning and death. The only narration in the film is a song, which is sung by Palestinian singer Maya Khaldi. Its lyrics are a collage of different folk tales. How can folklore become a common emancipatory tool for people to overturn dominant discourses, reclaim their history and land, and rewrite reality as they know it?
This program is co-presented with ArteEast and is part of the legacy program Unpacking the ArteArchive, which preserves and presents 20 years of film and video programming by ArteEast.
RSVP (free): Three Promises Tickets, Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 7:30 PM | Eventbrite
RSVP IS ENCOURAGED BUT NOT REQUIRED. SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.
IN THE EVENT OF RAIN, SHOW WILL BE RESCHEDULED AT THE SAME LOCATION. NO ALCOHOL IS PERMITTED.