**EXHIBIT: New Visions: Ten African American Artists (1990)
**SUNDAY 8/2 @ 6:00 PM
Ten contemporary artists, who work in a variety of media and live in different locations around the United States, are included in this paper show. They are: Fred Brown, Beverly Buchanan, Sam Gilliam, Jonathan Green, James Little, Ed Love, James Philips, Martin Puryear, George Smith, and Mathew Thomas. For each artist, one panel is devoted to a full-color reproduction of a single work of art.
**The Exhibit will remain open daily from 10:00 am -3:00 pm until Wednesday 18/2

**FILM SCREENING: “Against All Odds: Martin Luther King Jr.”
**SUNDAY 8/2 @ 7:00 PM
This film depicts the circumstances that led to the Civil Rights Act in 1964 in the United States and shows the works of leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr.
(Documentary, English Language, 27 minutes, 1988)

**FILM SCREENING: “American Black Forum: Sweet Auburn Comin’ Home”
**TUESDAY 10/2 @ 6:00 PM
Features Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia, the famous street known as the
"cradle of civil liberties," where many famous black leaders were born. (Documentary, English Language)

**FILM SCREENING: “In Remembrance of Martin”
**THURSDAY 12/2 @ 6:00 PM
Personal comments from family members, friends, former classmates and advisors are chronicled in this moving documentary honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott King is joined by Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Julian Bond, former President Jimmy Carter, Bill Cosby, Bishop Desmond Tutu and others, who remember highlights in Dr. King's career. Dramatic footage traces King's leadership in the Civil Rights movement, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, his "I Have A Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial, his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, and more. (Documentary, English Language, 60 minutes, 1986)

**MEMORIAL CEREMONY: The renowned Arab writer Abdel Rahman Munif
**THURSDAY 19/2 @ 7:00 PM
In the opinion of many, Abdel Rahman Munif is the most important author working in the Arab world today. His magnificent trilogy, Cities of Salt, has been described by Edward Said as "The only serious work of fiction that tries to show the effect of oil, Americans and the local oligarchy on a Gulf country."
Abdel Rahman Munif was born in Jordan in 1933 into a trading family of Saudi Arabian origin. He was stripped of his Saudi citizenship for political reasons. He studied law at Baghdad and Cairo universities and took a PhD in oil economics at the University of Belgrade. Until his death, he was a full-time writer and lived in Syria. His writings include: Cities of Salt Trilogy: A Novel, Story of a City: A Childhood in Amman, Variations on Night and Day, etc.

**ART EXHIBIT: “Vision of a Square: PHOTOGRAPHY & POETRY" by French Artist Aurore Reinicke
**SATURDAY 21/2 @ 6:00 PM
In this exhibition the artist is going to show digitally manipulated photographs of water surfaces from 2001-02 as well as poetry from 2003-04 related to the photographic works. In addition to it, an art video named after a project the artist did in Gaza October 2003 "NOT ONLY WATER – WIRES" can be seen accompanying the exhibit at our Centre.
**The Exhibit will remain until the 6/3.

**ARTS EXHIBIT @ BRITISH COUNCIL
**WEDNESDAY 25/2
In the aim of spreading the arts to a larger audience, the Sakakini is going to exhibit at the British Council some of the art works for Palestinian young artists and we hope to make it a regular practice.

**THE PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL DREAMS OF A NATION
Organized by Yabous Productions and the Dreams of a Nation project, the festival is scheduled to take place from February 26th, 2004 to March 2nd, 2004 in four Palestinian cities (Jerusalem, Ramallah, Gaza and Nazareth). Through this collaborative effort, we hope to bring to light Palestinian cinema to its origin Palestine. At a time when Palestinian voices are rarely heard if ever, we find it especially pressing that these films, which each represent different voices of Palestine, find a place in the cinematic field.
The Palestine film Festival Dreams of a Nation is organized in cooperation with…
Popular Art Centre (Ramallah), Khalil Sakakini Cultural centre (Ramallah), Palestine Red Crescent Society (Gaza), Alsana (Nazareth Cinematheque) (Nazareth)

**SATURDAY 28/2 PROGRAM 1 @ 5:30 PM FILM SCREENINGS:
-“Planet of the Arabs”
Synopsis: This film is an experimental short illustrating Hollywood’s relentless vilification and dehumanization of Arabs and Muslims.
(Dir. Jacqueline Salloum, Experimental Short, English Language, 9’, USA 2003)

- “A Woman like a Flower”
Synopsis: A first time love story between a thirteen year- old boy (A’mmar) and a young woman (Intesaar). The story is set in a Palestinian refugee camp in the seventies . Despite the hard living conditions in the camps, A’mmar tries to find a bit of light in the darkness that surrounds him.
(Dir. Ihab Salti, Short Fiction, Arabic w/English subtitles, 20', Palestine 2001)

- “There is Still Ka’ek on the SideWalk”
Synopsis: Based on a story by Ghassan Kanafani, the film follows a man who gets his shoes shined one day. The next day he finds out that the shoe shiner is one of his students. He hopes that the student doesn't remember him so as not to embarrass himself. He finds he deeply sympathizes with the student and decides to help him out. Eventually he learns that the student had lied to him more than once; so he decides to react.
(Dir. Ismail Habbash, Fiction Short, Arabic with English Subtitles, 27', Palestine 2000)

- "like twenty impossibles"
Synopsis: When a Palestinian film crew decides to avert a closed checkpoint by taking a side road, the political landscape unravels, and the passengers are slowly taken apart by the mundane brutality of military occupation. Both a visual poem and a narrative, “like twenty impossibles” questions the opportunism of artists, and the space between fiction and reality.
(Dir. Annemarie Jacir, Fiction, Arabic, English & Hebrew with English Sub, 17’, Palestine/USA 2002)

- "La Danse Eternelle“
Synopsis: Saïd, 70, has been depressed since his terminally ill wife went into hospital. He retreats into solitude and writes poetry to express his infinite love for his beloved.
(Dir. Hiam Abbass, Short Fiction, French & Arabic w/English subtitles, 26', France 2003)

**SATURDAY 28/2 PROGRAM 2 @ 8:30 PM FILM SCREENINGS:
-“ Private Investigation“
Synopsis: “All Palestinian kids in Israel, used to hold the Israeli flag and sing for Israel in Arabic. Each year we used to do that, to celebrate, we would prepare dance shows, theater plays and songs! A lot of decorations and flags everywhere…and no one said anything. But the next day, which is the official independence day, when all families and friends were supposed to go out in a picnic somewhere or to the beach …my father used to be sick and we never left the house” A documentary on living as a Palestinian in an Israeli Jewish state.
(Dir. Ula Tabari, Documentary, Arabic, Hebrew , English, French w/ English subtitles, 90’, France 2002)

**SUNDAY 29/2 PROGRAM 1 @ 5:30 PM FILM SCREENINGS:
-“A Caged Birds Song”
Synopsis: Filmed in the spring and summer of 2003, the film’s focus is on the everyday experience of students and teachers in the Ramallah area at a girls’ secondary school and Birzeit University. It shows how simple, taken-for-granted activities such as reaching classrooms, returning home from school or organizing a graduation ceremony have become immense challenges
(Dir. Sobhi al-Zobaidi, Documentary, Arabic w/English subtitles, 30’, Palestine 2003)

-“Gaza TeaBoy“
Synopsis:
Muhamad Manna’a is not even 10 years old, but he sells tea on the streets at night in order to support the thirteen members of his family. When Israel closes Erez checkpoint, father and son are trapped in a vicious circle at the mercy of their country’s unstable situation. Pouring a cup of tea becomes a symbol for the inability to break out of this circle. The documentary was done 5 years after Oslo agreement, in the anniversary of Palestinian Nakbah and the establishing of the state of Israel.
(Dir. Raed Al Helou, Documentary, Arabic w/English subtitles, 28', Palestine 1998)

-“Childhood of Mines“
Synopsis: Israel left many landmines in South Lebanon when they withdrew from the country in May, 2000. Following Israel's withdrawal, many children continued to be injured by these mines. This film aims to prompt both government and public action to remedy this situation.
(Dir. Hicham Kayed, Documentary, Arabic w/English subtitles, 18', Lebanon 2003)

-"A Boy Called Mohammad“
Synopsis: “A Boy Called Mohamed” a 10 minute documentary on a 12 year old boy, Mohammed, who works carrying goods for Palestinians across the Qalandia Checkpoint manned by Israeli soldiers,
(Dir. Najwa Najjar, Documentary, Arabic w/English subtitles, 10', Palestine 2001)

**SUNDAY 29/2 PROGRAM 2 @ 8:30 PM FILM SCREENING:
**Festival’s featured filmmaker
-"The Jackal of Nahueltoro"
Synopsis: “The Jackal of Nahueltoro” tells the story of an illiterate farmer who kills his lover and her children in a drunken rage after being evicted from his farmhouse. The film was controversial for its portrayal of the abject living conditions and the social injustices facing the poor in Chile, and it came to gain wide praise in international venues.
(Dir. Miguel Littin, Fiction, Spanish w/English subtitles, 88', Chile 1968)

**MONDAY 1/3 PROGRAM 1 @ 5:30 PM FILM SCREENING:
-“Jeremy Hardy v The Israeli Army”
Synopsis: In March 2002 British Comedian Jeremy Hardy travels to Palestine to try his hand at ending the occupation. What he does not know is that he will become a witness to seminal moment in the history of the Palestinian and see the birth of a world wide Solidarity Movement now known as the ISM.
(Dir. Leila Sansour, Documentary, English w/Arabic subtitles, 75', Palestine/UK 2003)

**MONDAY 1/3 PROGRAM 2 @ 8:30 PM FILM SCREENINGS:
-“ Fruition“
Synopsis: A young Palestinian man journeys towards his uncertain future.
(Dir. Jennifer Jajeh, Fiction Short, Arabic & Hebrew w/English subtitles, 4’, USA 2003)

-“Chronicle of a Disappearance"
Synopsis: What does it mean to be Palestinian in the second half of the twentieth century? Chronicle of a Disappearance is a personal meditation on the spiritual effect of political instability on the Palestinian psyche and identity. This is the first feature by director Elia Suleiman.
(Dir. Elia Suleiman, Fiction, Arabic w/English subtitles, 88', France/ Palestine 1996)

THANK YOU AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AT ALL THESE EVENTS!

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