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Palestine Looks Back (+ spoken word performance)

Start Time:
29th Jan 20:45
Location:
Rio Cinema
Runtime:
79 min
Program:
Special Events

Framing Palestine not simply as a land or a subject of Western scrutiny but as an active gaze directed toward Europe and the West, these films illuminate diverse Palestinian perspectives. Spanning fiction, documentary, and experimental forms, they challenge the notion of Palestine as an “elsewhere,” revealing the deep entanglements of occupation and genocide within Europe. They ultimately pose a crucial question: what is the role of Palestinian artists, if not to look back at the colonial structures that have led to the oppression and annihilation of their people?

The screening will be followed by a spoken word performance by a London-based Palestinian artist as a poetic interpretation of the event’s themes.

Contains themes of death and injury.

This programme is curated by Theo Panagopoulos.