Yale Bulletin and Calendar

November 2, 2001

Volume 30, Number 9

Symposium to explore Palestinian and Israeli cinemas

The relationship between neighboring national cinemas -- the emerging cinema of the Palestinians and the more developed one of Israel -- will be the subject of a symposium on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

The symposium on "Israeli Cinema/ Palestinian Cinema" will take place at 8 p.m. in Rm. 208 of the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. It is free and open to the public.

The symposium will explore both the deep differences and strong affinities between the Israeli and Palestinian cinemas, and will touch upon features of two historical master-narratives of the two cultures entangled in conflict.

In conjunction with the event, there will be screenings of three related films prior to the symposium. In addition, excerpts of the films will be shown at the symposium and synopses will be distributed to audience members to enable the participation of those who have not seen the films.

Charles Musser, professor of American studies and co-chair and director of undergraduate studies in film studies, will serve as moderator at the symposium. Speakers at the event are Ala Alryyes, assistant professor of comparative literature and of English; Nurith Gertz, the Horace W. Goldsmith Visiting Professor of Judaic Studies and Film Studies; Beatrice Gruendler, assistant professor of Near Eastern languages and civilizations; Benjamin Harshav, professor of comparative literature and Slavic languages and literatures and the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature; and Judd Ne'eman, director of the Israeli film "Streets of Yesterday," one of the films being shown.

The Palestinian film "The Tale of the Three Jewels" (1994), directed by Michel Khleifi, will be screened on Monday, Nov. 5, 4-6 p.m. That same evening, the Israeli film "Cup Final" (1990), directed by Eran Riklis, will be shown 7-9 p.m. Ne'eman's "Streets of Yesterday" (1989) will be screened on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 4-6 p.m. All screenings, which are free and open to the public, will take place in the auditorium of the Whitney Humanities Center.

"Israeli Cinema/Palestinian Cinema" is cosponsored by the Program in Judaic Studies, the Literature Major, the Film Studies Program and the Whitney Humanities Center. For further information about the symposium, call Barbara Devlin at (203) 432-0843. For information on the film screenings, contact Nurith Gertz at nurith.gertz@yale.edu.

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