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'Middle Eastern Visions' Fall Film Festival
Date: 10/30/2009 - 11/15/2009Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: the Forfa Auditorium in HFCC’s Administrative Services and Conference Center
Henry Ford Community College’s Arab Cultural Studies Program and Council of American Cultures presents 'Middle Eastern Visions,' a fall film festival Thursday, Nov. 12 to Sunday, Nov. 15 in the Forfa Auditorium in HFCC’s Administrative Services and Conference Center on HFCC’s main campus at 5101 Evergreen Road in Dearborn.
The festival features 13 films as well as an appearance by director Jackie Reem Salloum, who will discuss her film, 'Slingshot Hip Hop,' after a showing of the film on Friday, Nov. 13.
A special pre-festival presentation will be held on Thursday, Nov. 12. James Longley’s 'Gaza Strip' will show from 11:10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 'Slingshot Hip Hop' will play from 12:40 p.m. to 2 p.m.
On Friday, Nov. 13, Nabil Ayouch’s 'Ali Zaoua' will be shown from 6 p.m. to 7:40 p.m. The film deals with a group of young friends who find meaning, transcendence and a measure of peace in their journeys and hardships. 'Slingshot Hip Hop,' directed by Jackie Reem Salloum, will be shown Friday from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The film focuses on young Palestinians living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel as they discover hip hop music and use it as a tool to overcome divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. After the film, Salloum will hold a question-and-answer session for filmgoers.
The short films of Akram Zaatari will be shown Saturday, Nov. 14 from 4 p.m. to 4:40 p.m. Zaatari films to be shown are : 'Teach Me,' a statement against violence from recycled TV news footage; 'Countdown,' a montage of real-life war and reel entertainment; 'Gift,' a look at Lebanon’s summertime beach boys; 'Reflections,'showcasing a boy’s memories and reflections of childhood; and 'A Family Portrait,' a profile of a young, modern Lebanese family.
On Nov. 14 from 5 p.m. to 6:50 p.m., 'The Closed Doors,' directed by Atef Hetata, will be shown, a film examining social taboos in Egyptian society and the social and political implications that come with them. From 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Elia Suleiman’s 'Divine Intervention,' a darkly comic masterpiece exploring the dreams and nightmares of Palestinians and Israelis living in uncertain times, will show.
On Sunday, Nov. 15, 'Remnants of a War,' directed by Jawad Metni, will play from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The documentary is a portrait of the people of South Lebanon who endeavor to rebuild and reclaim their land for their fellow countrymen following the devastating 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel. 'Iraq in Fragments' will play from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This is an award-winning film by director James Longley, who spent more than two years filming in Iraq to create this documentary of a war-torn country as seen through the eyes of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. Closing the film festival is 'Paradise Now,' directed by Hany Abu-Assad, a shocking and eye-opening film attempting to get inside the minds of suicide bombers, which will show from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
HFCC’s Arab Cultural Studies program leads to an associate in arts degree that takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of Arabic, Arab American and Middle Eastern cultures. The program gives students an academic foundation to continue advanced study at major colleges and universities that specialize in Arabic language, literature and cultures.
For more information on the film festival or the Arab Cultural Studies Program, please contact Mike Daher, director of HFCC’s Arab Cultural Studies program, at (313) 845-6457 or mdaher@hfcc.edu.
For more information on HFCC, please visit www.hfcc.edu.
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