Film Screening-Saturday, January 22 January 22, 2005

Saturday, January 22

WHAT: This Day by Akram Zaatari - a Cinema East Film Screening, followed by post-screening discussion with filmmaker Akram Zaatari and Walid Raad (Cooper Union)
When: 6 PM
WHERE: Cantor Film Center, 36 E 8 Street (between Broadway & University Place)
DETAILS:
In a thoughtful, dreamlike montage, the Beirut-based video artist examines archival photos, from portraits of Bedouins in the desert to the bomb-rent sky over the Lebanese capital. The imagery moves from an idyllic rural past, when the central conflict was between camel and car, to the strife-ridden present of propaganda and urban alienation. From his perch at the editing station, where he assembles these layers of history, Zaatari wonders what truths are ultimately captured in these photographs? In Arabic and English with English subtitles.

General admission $9; Student admission $7
For your convenience, you may purchase tickets online at
http://www.arteeast.org

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