Introduction to the End of an Argument

Title: Introduction to the End of an Argument
Description: Jayce Salloum, a Lebanese/Canadian artist, and Elia Suleiman, a Palestinian filmmaker living in New York, have taken on our accumulated (mis)impressions of the Palestinian Intifada by tracing their genesis in film and television. This highly kinetic tableaux of uprooted sights and sounds works most earnestly to expose the racial biases concealed in familiar images. Relying on valuable snippets from feature films such as EXODOUS, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, BLACK SUNDAY, LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL, and network news shows, the filmmakers have constructed an oddly wry narrative, mimicking the history of Mid East politics. This film is in the main a mashup of clips from various American news programs and Middle Eastern themed Hollywood films, intermixed with camera footage from Palestine and excerpts from interviews, including an interview with Dr Haider Abdel Shafi.; Descrption Source
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNz0IB90bSU
Subject: Palestine, US-Middle East relations, Intifada, orientalism, propaganda
Date: 1990
Extent: 40:56