I Am From Here, I Am From There: Writers in Exile

I Am From Here, I Am From There: Writers in Exile presents films that blend fiction and documentary practices in their profiles of writers living in exile. From Mahmoud Darwish to Jean Genet, the writers in these films are either onscreen presences or spectral conduits for reflecting on the heterogenous aspects of diasporic identity. Spanning from Lebanon to Los Angeles, the program generates several connective threads that transcend time and space, complicating rigid notions of national identity and venerating the potency of the written word as instrumental to a dialectic that’s fundamentally rooted in affirming human dignity. 

July 19 - 30

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Unpacking the ArteArchive highlights ArteEast’s film and video archive, presenting independent video and filmmakers from the Middle East, North Africa and their diasporas 

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