Silences of the Palace [Samt al-Qusur], directed by Moufida Tlatli. France/Tunisia, 1994 Moufida Tlatli’s masterpiece Silences of the Palace (Samt al-Qusur) is a Tunisian film released in 1994. Seventeen years after its release, Silences remains lamentably little known, even among those who have a better…
Films
Category: Films
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Ahlam (2006), a film by Mohamed Al Daradji Ahlam tells the story of a young woman called Ahlam, which means “dreams” in Arabic. Ahlam is a young woman in a psychiatric hospital in Baghdad: she goes crazy after her husband is killed on her wedding…
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Arna’s Children (2004), a film by Juliano Mer Khamis Arna Mer Khamis was a legendary activist against the Israeli Occupation. Born into a Jewish family, she married a Palestinian Arab and spent her life campaigning for justice and human rights in her homeland. Arna founded…
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Cluster bombs at the Cope Center, Laos Bombies (2002) (57 min) Directed by Jack Silberman The most appalling episode of lawless cruelty in American history is the bombing of Laos. If you want to know what Afghanistan will be like in twenty years, watch Bombies….
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The Most Secret Place on Earth is a 2008 film by German director Marc Eberle. After 30 years of conspiracy theories and myth making, this film uncovers the story of the CIA’s most extensive clandestine operation in the history of modern warfare: The Secret War…