The Second Intifada heralded a particularly fresh, urgent and experimental approach to filmmaking, in tune with the uprisings to which they contributed. Working at a distance from both the main political organizations and, often, the aesthetic insistences of Global Northern art cinema funding, filmmakers took advantage of accessible technologies to forge new notions of freedom. The prolific body of work from this period does not just defiantly catalogue heightened colonial aggressions and appropriations, it does so with a wit and eclecticism of approach that touched diverse audiences at home and internationally.
Featuring works by Ayreen Anastas, Nahed Awwad, Enas I. Al-Muthaffar, Annemarie Jacir, and Larissa Sansour
Curated by Kay Dickinson
Pasolini Pa* Palestine (2005)
Arabic with English Subtitles
In 1963, Pasolini visited Palestine to search for locations for his film, the Gospel according to Matthew. His journey included locations in Nazareth and the Galilee, Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, Bethlehem and the Naqab. Pasolini conducted quick conversations with a biblical scholar don Andrea Carraro and later included a voice over with his comments and thoughts on the journey and on his encounter with the landscape and the people. Pasoline Pa* Palestine seeks to revive various relations to Pasolini's trip and film through a repetition of his journey.
What opportunities did Pasolini miss on that journey? What light does his visit shed on Palestinian life from the perspective of this repetition 40 years later?
About the Filmmaker
Ayreen Anastas is an artist born in Bethlehem in Occupied Palestine, attended universities in Birzeit, Berlin, lived in Brooklyn for many years, has been involved since 1999 in “16 Beaver”, an autonomous movement space toward art, politics, and communal thought. She has been artist and agent for dOCUMENTA (13). She is, along with Rene Gabri, the only artist to have represented two countries in the Venice Biennale (Armenia and Denmark) without being a citizen of either. Her most recent film Black Bach Artsakh has premiered in the 2021 Berlinale.
- Year2005
- Runtime51 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryPalestine
- DirectorAyreen Anastas
The Second Intifada heralded a particularly fresh, urgent and experimental approach to filmmaking, in tune with the uprisings to which they contributed. Working at a distance from both the main political organizations and, often, the aesthetic insistences of Global Northern art cinema funding, filmmakers took advantage of accessible technologies to forge new notions of freedom. The prolific body of work from this period does not just defiantly catalogue heightened colonial aggressions and appropriations, it does so with a wit and eclecticism of approach that touched diverse audiences at home and internationally.
Featuring works by Ayreen Anastas, Nahed Awwad, Enas I. Al-Muthaffar, Annemarie Jacir, and Larissa Sansour
Curated by Kay Dickinson
Pasolini Pa* Palestine (2005)
Arabic with English Subtitles
In 1963, Pasolini visited Palestine to search for locations for his film, the Gospel according to Matthew. His journey included locations in Nazareth and the Galilee, Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, Bethlehem and the Naqab. Pasolini conducted quick conversations with a biblical scholar don Andrea Carraro and later included a voice over with his comments and thoughts on the journey and on his encounter with the landscape and the people. Pasoline Pa* Palestine seeks to revive various relations to Pasolini's trip and film through a repetition of his journey.
What opportunities did Pasolini miss on that journey? What light does his visit shed on Palestinian life from the perspective of this repetition 40 years later?
About the Filmmaker
Ayreen Anastas is an artist born in Bethlehem in Occupied Palestine, attended universities in Birzeit, Berlin, lived in Brooklyn for many years, has been involved since 1999 in “16 Beaver”, an autonomous movement space toward art, politics, and communal thought. She has been artist and agent for dOCUMENTA (13). She is, along with Rene Gabri, the only artist to have represented two countries in the Venice Biennale (Armenia and Denmark) without being a citizen of either. Her most recent film Black Bach Artsakh has premiered in the 2021 Berlinale.
- Year2005
- Runtime51 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryPalestine
- DirectorAyreen Anastas