WASHINGTON, 28 July 2004 - The Palestine Center and The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, will screen on Wednesday, July 28, two films on Middle East -- Edward Said and Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land -- in their Summer 2004 film series.
The film on noted scholar, the late Edward Said, discusses his postcolonial theory and how it applies to modern culture, from politics to literature. He discusses Palestine as a politically expedient construct of Europe; argues the right of Palestine to exist as an independent, self-governing nation; and traces the origins of European attitudes toward the Arab world through the literature of E.M. Forster, T.S. Eliot, Joseph Conrad, and Chinua Achebe.
There will be a special showing of Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land (2004/80 min/USA).
This film exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites — working in combination with Israeli public relations strategies, exercise a powerful influence over news reporting about the Middle East conflict. American and British TV news clips are combined with observations of journalists, analysts, and political activists.
The films are to be screened at The Palestine Center, 2425 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037. Attendance is free.
