'We Remain Like the Light', a programme curated by the Yosomono Time Brigade of rare short films (short documentaries, artistic essay films, film-poems) 1968–1976 on the Palestine liberation struggle, by filmmakers, artists and poets from Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Armenia, France, and more, feat. films by Jocelyn Saab, Qais Al-Zubaidi, Layaly Badr, Hani Jawharieh, Mustafa Abu Ali, Ali Siam, Jacques Madvo, and more.
Screening at Friday 17 July, 4pm at AlterNative Festival at 90mil, followed by a discussion on counter-archiving as praxis in the service of the wider liberation struggle, on retrieval and restitution of cultural memory in the context of resistance against ongoing dispossession and epistemicide, on the role and responsibility of those who are not directly concerned but in solidarity, and the 中 Naka Internationalist Liberation Archive (N.I.L.A.), a constantly growing digital archive of old material (1960s–1990s) by veteran activist comrades and movement elders in Germany and Japan.
Please also check out AlterNative Festival's entire fantastic programme, it's an honour to be able to contribute and be in such good company amid a stellar programme of outstanding music, art, films, discussions and workshops
Films included:
The Visit, Qais Al-Zubaidi · 1970, 09:00
Blown by the Wind · Jacques Madvo, 1971, 18:07
The Road to Palestine · Layaly Badr, 1985, 7:24
Jerusalem, Flower of All Cities · Ali Siam & Hani Jawarieh, 1969, 7:55
Palestine Vaincra · Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, 1969, 28:00
Scenes of the Occupation from Gaza · Mustafa Abu Ali, 1973, 13:44
Palestinian Women · Jocelyne Saab, 1974, 10:09
Memories and Fire · Ismail Shammout, 1975, 10:57
TRT 105:16