Posts Tagged ‘Film’

Planet of The Arabs!

This item was filled under [ Arab, Media, Middle East, Racism, USA ]

If you want to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for FREE email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Official selection of the Sundance Film Festival 2005
A trailer-esque montage spectacle of Hollywood’s relentless vilification and dehumanization of Arabs and Muslims.
Inspired by the book “Reel Bad Arabs” by Dr. [...]

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The ‘Wall of Hate’ team to produce a film on Lebanon

This item was filled under [ Culture, Lebanon, Media, Palestine, Videos, War, War Crimes ]

This movie is about the wall of hate that “Israel” created to isolate the real people off their land; the Palestinian people…
You can find more about the film from The Wall of Hate web site, here…
Now, Chromovision is planning the production of a new documentary film to highlight the atrocities that have been and are [...]

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Iraq: The Women’s Story

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The invasion of Iraq heralded promises of freedom from tyranny and equal rights for the women of Iraq. But three years on, the reality of everyday life for women inside Iraq is a different story.
By Zeena Ahmed
This Channel4 Dispatches film provides a compelling account of life inside Iraq that is rarely seen on news bulletins: [...]

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Paradise Now, Wins!

This item was filled under [ Arab, Art, Good News, Media, Middle East, Palestine ]

They say: “If you made a bad film, you made it alone. If you made a good film, you all made it.” And that’s what “Paradise now” did. A good film by all means!
The film didn’t win the Oscar, but won more than the academy award. Won the hearts of the millions who saw [...]

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Israel lobbies against “Palestine” tag at Oscars

This item was filled under [ Art, Culture, Failures, Human Rights, Israel, Media, Palestine, Peace, Politics ]

Israeli and U.S. diplomats and Jewish groups are lobbying organisers of next month’s Academy Awards not to present a nominated film (Paradise Now) about Palestinian bombers as coming from Palestine, an Israeli newspaper reports.
While the tag remains on the academy’s Web site, the diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he expected the film to [...]

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Iran ‘crackdown on foreign films’

This item was filled under [ Failures, Human Rights, Media ]

Iran’s authorities have banned imported films promoting secularism, feminism, unethical behaviour, drug abuse, violence or alcoholism. In other words, everything!

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Paradise Now @ The 43rd New York Film Festival

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Paradise Now is the story of two Palestinian childhood friends who have been recruited for a major operation in Tel Aviv. It centers on what is presumably their final day on earth. They cannot utter a word of their plans to their families. The following day, the two are sent to the border. The bombs [...]

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The Embassy is in the Building

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Albawaba reports that Egyptian Parliament members decided to permit the screening of the film “Al Safara Fil Amara” (The Embassy in the Building), starring comedian actor Adel Imam, despite a request by the Israeli Ambassador to Egypt to ban the film.
Good for themQ! But what is the story? Why did the Ambassador ask to ban [...]

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