Shooting Back: Cinema and Palestine
Basic Info
- When: 7:00 Thursday nights
- Where: King 243
- Instructors: Maia Brown, Micol (Mimi) Issa, Robin Beck
- E-mail: Contact any of us at [first name].[last name]@oberlin.edu
Description
Shooting Back: Cinema and Palestine investigates the power of a series of films covering the Palestine-Israel conflict both as teachers of a "contested" historical subject but also as an aesthetic mode of resistance deserving of analysis in its own right. Throughout the course we watch films made by Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals about the conflict and reflect on the context in which they were made as well as their production and impact.
Assignments
- Short weekly readings
- A brief oral report on a current event and its relevance to class themes
- A final group project
For the final project, students will choose an issue or theme raised in one of the films, do research, and report about it to the class. Students are asked to look at at least two sources. Alternatively, students may watch a pertinent film that was not screened during the course and report about it to the class. See the instructors for approval and help finding the film.
Schedule:
Week | Film | Reading |
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1 |
Occupation 101 |
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2 |
Route 181 |
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3 |
Gaza Strip |
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4 |
Private |
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5 |
Breaking the Silence: checkpoint footage and Hebron news report |
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6 |
Rana's Wedding |
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7 |
The Battle of Algiers |
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8 |
Class is cancelled! |
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9 |
Paradise Now |
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10 |
Jenin, Jenin |
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11 |
Arna's Children |
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12 |
Encounter Point |
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More Resources
Websites:
- Palestine Film Foundation
- Dreams of a Nation
- Film Reviews on Electronic Intifada
Books on Reserve at the library:
- Ilan Pappe A History of Modern Palestine
- Ilan Pappe The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
- Sara Roy Failing Peace