Palestinian Women
Synopsis
Making a film as a way to analyze the political situation of a region in constant motion and change; this is the possibility that Jocelyne Saab found when making this short doc. By defining the topic of the film, she also defines her position as a feminist and chooses to fight by creating and disseminating images of resistance. Being with Palestinian women fighters allows her to create images that are close and not distant. On the other hand, Jocelyne herself, in her reflection, realizes the limitations of the image of armed struggle that can result in violent stereotypes attached to the Palestinian fighters whom she respects.
Schedule
1st Screening
6 November 2024, 19:00 GMT+7
Credits
Jocelyne Saab
Jocelyne Saab (1948-2019) has spent her life telling stories in various forms, ranging from newsreels, photography, films, to video works. She was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, and moved to Paris, France as a student. In Paris in the 1970s, Jocelyne began making films for television. The civil war in Lebanon encouraged her to explore documentaries, with her first work being Palestinian Women (1973). Jocelyne embraced women’s subjective perspectives as the lens to observe the reality of war, the critique of capitalism, and the impact of violence in North Africa and Southwest Asia-regions that in colonialist discourse were called the “Middle East”. She is also interested in exposing Asian films to a wider audience in Lebanon by being a member of the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) and organizing the Cultural Resistance International Film Festival of Lebanon (2013).
