Cinema of Exile

Cinema of Exile: Perspectives on Palestine and
Israel

The course addresses the experience of exile and
displacement understood both as a physical and
psychic condition, as expressed in films and
texts from Palestine and Israel. Through
screening a variety of documentary, narrative and
experimental films, the course provides an
opportunity for an expanded perspective on the
region and its history, one that goes far beyond
the usual news reports and headlines. This is
primarily a screening class, but students will
also be encouraged to make work (media or
written) that relates to the subject matter.
The instructor recently returned from one year in
the region as a MENA (Middle East and North
Africa) Fulbright Fellow. This course is open to
the institute, available for online registration
and also open by Permission of the Instructor at
Advising Day. Critical Studies credit.