Documentaries

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Monday, February 26, 2007

4:00 pm - DCTV

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Projecting Culture: Perceptions of Arab & American Films

Special Youth Screening + Discussion. Free, RSVP to miles@dctvny.org

Directed by Carroll Hodge

United States / 2006 / 30 mins / DVD

Program: Documentaries

6:30 pm - DCTV

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War & Peace / Jung Aur Aman

New, shortened version of three hour 2002 original.

Directed by Anand Patwardhan

United States / India / Japan / Pakistan / 2006 / 93 mins / DVD

Program: Documentaries

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

7:00 pm - Alwan for the Arts

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A Certain Liberation / Swadhinata

Co-presented with Adhunika

Directed by Yasmine Kabir

Bangladesh / 2003 / 37 mins / DVD

Program: Documentaries

SheWrite

US PREMIERE

Directed by Anjali Monteiro, K.P. Jayasankar

India / 2005 / 55 mins / DVCAM

Program: Documentaries

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

6:30 pm - Alwan for the Arts

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6 Yards to Democracy

US PREMIERE, Co-presented with Third World Newsreel

Directed by Nishtha Jain, Smriti Nevatia

India / 2006 / 56 mins / DVD

Program: Documentaries

Teardrops of Karnaphuli / Karnaphulir Kanna

Co-presented with Drishtipat

Directed by Tanvir Mokammel

Bangladesh / 2005 / 60 mins / DVD

Program: Documentaries

9:00 pm - Alwan for the Arts

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My Cultural Divide

Presented with NYBAP and G.R.A.M.

Directed by Faisal Lutchmedial

Bangladesh / Canada / 2006 / 75 mins / DVD

Program: Documentaries

Thursday, March 1, 2007

9:00 pm - Two Boots Pioneer Theater

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Letters From Beirut

Director in Attendance

Directed by Big Noise Films Collective

United States / Lebanon / 2007 / 19 mins / DVD

Program: Documentaries

A Song for Daniel

Directed by Jason DaSilva

United States / Iraq / 2005 / 9 mins / DVD

Program: Documentaries

9:30 pm - Columbia University (Schermerhorn Auditorium)

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The Bond / Naata

Directed by Anjali Monteiro, K.P. Jayasankar

India / 2003 / 45 mins / DVD

Program: Documentaries

Delhi-Mumbai-Delhi

US PREMIERE

Directed by Saba Dewan

India / 2006 / 63 mins / DVD

Program: Documentaries

Saturday, March 3, 2007

3:00 pm - Columbia University (Dodge Hall)

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Iraq: The Song of the Missing Men

US PREMIERE, Co-presented with ADC-NY

Directed by Layth Abdulamir

Iraq / 2006 / 54 mins / DVCAM

Program: Documentaries

Faces Hung on the Wall

US PREMIERE, Co-presented with ADC-NY

Directed by Wael Deeb

Lebanon / 2006 / 42 mins / MiniDV

Program: Documentaries

7:00 pm - Columbia University (Dodge Hall)

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A Few Crumbs for the Birds / Quelques Miettes pour les Oiseaux

US PREMIERE

Directed by Annemarie Jacir, Nassim Amaouche

France / Jordan / 2005 / 28 mins / 35 mm

Program: Documentaries

Baghdad Days / Ayyam Baghdad

US PREMIERE

Directed by Hiba Bassem

Iraq / 2006 / 35 mins / DVCAM

Program: Documentaries

Sunday, March 4, 2007

9:30 pm - Tribeca Cinemas

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These Girls / El-Banate Dol

Co-presented with Women Make Movies

Directed by Tahani Rached

Egypt / 2006 / 68 mins / Beta SP

Program: Documentaries

Thursday, March 6, 2008

9:00 pm - Two Boots Pioneer Theater

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What Everybody Knows

Work in Progress Screening & Discussion

Directed by Ayreen Anastas, Rene Gabri

Palestine / 2008 / 118 mins / Video

Program: Documentaries

Friday, March 7, 2008

7:00 pm - Tribeca Cinemas

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I Love Hip Hop in Morocco

Co-Presented with the African Film Festival

Directed by Jennifer Needleman , Joshua Asen

United States / Morocco / 2007 / 90 mins / Video

Program: Documentaries

Democracy in Paris

Co-Presented with H2A

Directed by Magee McIlvaine, Chris Moore, Mo Masterson, Moussa Dia, Ben Herson, Abdoulaye Aw

United States / France / 2008 / 10 excerpt mins / Video

Program: Documentaries

Saturday, March 8, 2008

3:00 pm - Tribeca Cinemas

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The Ghost Of Anbar

Directed by Richard Rowley, David Enders, Hiba Dawood

United States / Iraq / 2007 / 14 mins / HD Video

Program: Documentaries

Departed for Damascus

Directed by Marie Maciak

United States / Iraq / Syria / 2006 / 13 mins / DVD

Program: Documentaries

5:00 pm - Tribeca Cinemas

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Crazy Days

Directed by Adel Abidin

Finland / 2005 / 13 mins / DVD

Program: Documentaries

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

7:00 pm - Two Boots Pioneer Theater

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Palestine in Fragments

Directed by Dominque Dubosc

Palestine / 2008 / 90 mins / DVCAM

Program: Documentaries

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