Research Guides: Palestine: Films

Films

200 meters by Nayfeh, Ameen,
Call Number: PN1995.9.P24 T86 2020
Publication Date: 2020
Mustafa (Ali Suliman), a Palestinian construction worker, lives in the West Bank a mere 200 meters away from his wife and children in Israel. Though eligible for an Israeli ID, Mustafa instead chooses to use his work permit to visit them daily. The arrangement is functional, until one day he gets a call that his son has been seriously injured and brought to an Israeli hospital. Rushing to cross the border checkpoint, he is denied on a technicality. Suddenly, a 200 meter distance turns into a 200 kilometer odyssey, as the increasingly desperate Mustafa tries everything in his power to reach his family.

Toronto Palestine Film Festival

Toronto Palestine Film Festival
The Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) is a volunteer-run, non-profit organization dedicated to bringing Palestinian cinema, music, cuisine and art to GTA audiences. TPFF was conceived in 2008 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Al-Nakba.

YouTube

SOF/Heyman. (2023, October 13). Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture: Isabella Hammad [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYZu0MYau3g

Author Isabella Hammad delivers a talk on narrative form and its relationship to discourse around Palestine and Palestinian history through the lens of Anagnorisis, or Recognition, a narrative turning point based on a moment of sudden awakening or understanding. This year’s Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture commemorates the 20th anniversary of Said’s death.