Miral
Monday, December 6, 2010
Miral, directed by Julian Schnabel, is based on journalist Rula Jebreal’s autobiographical novel about growing up as a Palestinian in Israel. It tells the first-hand tale of three women whose lives unfold during the first intifada, the Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation that began in 1987. Highlighting the remarkable work of a Palestinian woman named Hind Husseini – a woman who sacrifices everything to establish a school for refugee Palestinian girls in East Jerusalem and takes Miral in – the book and film show that hope still exists within a world of conflict. Bringing numerous elements of her own life into the story – Jebreal and her younger sister were taken in by Husseini after their own mother committed suicide.
"the real problem is the movie is pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel and it is going to be very difficult to get American audiences excited to see it," said one source.
Wikipedia | Guardian
Published by Serpent’s Tail Miral, the book, is out now. Miral, the film, is out now in the UK and released on 25 March, 2011, in the US.
The back story of Rula Jebreal's relationship with Schnabel is also pretty interesting.
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7 comments:
Sounds good I will check it out. There is a good documentary with a somewhat similar theme called To See If Im smiling, and another about a Palestinian child who died and his father donated his heart to an Israeli girl.
Im travelling in North Africa and the Middle East right now. Contrary to what CNN/FOXNEWS might have people believe, its actually pretty laid back here and I might add civilized, and the hospitality and friendliness is quite often amazing. People are just going about their daily lives, minding their own business. That sort of reality doesnt quite suit ADHDTV infotainment willing to kill for high ratings...
Hey, Lima, so good to hear from you. Those two movies sound like something I'd also enjoy.
And such exciting places to be traveling to. I'm so envious... ha! Tell me more. Seriously.
Fear is good for business. For all the war merchants, anyway.
Okay, guess I should whip us some quesadillas for dinner. Safe travels.
Everythings so casual here, but every now and then for kicks I turn on the BBC for some doom and gloom and a laugh.
War is big business as always, the rich get richer and the people get shafted.
Apparently the States is sending some Vietnam style military advisors to fight somebody elses civil/tribal war in Yemen. So dumb.
Thanks Susan for the interest in the journey. If you have any questions about it feel free to ask on here or by email.
Basically the trip started in Tunisia 2 months ago. Right now Im in Libya, one of the countries formerly slated for round two of the Bush invasions. Seriously Ive never felt safer in a country in my life.
Tomorrow Im heading to Egypt and will keep working my way through the middle east for awhile. The toughest part is learning Arabic on the go, because the dialects keep shifting. Just when I feel like Im starting to get the language and going through all this effort to do it, I move to a new region and whole words completely change and I have to learn them all over again. Very frustrating, but the trip has been so rewarding and even in some ways enlightening, its so sad, just how divisive and misinforming for the world the news media is.
Best Regards,
Lima
A Magical 2011 to you!
Sana Saiida!
Oh, sweet Jill, you always bring a ray of sunshine with you. Happiness and Magic to you this new year, too.
Happy New Year to you, Lima! Was thinking about you today.
Happy New Years to you too Susan! I was thinking about this thread today. I actually love the west bank. The people in the west bank are amazingly friendly. Its amazing how completely false the image painted by reptitive images in the western press have made of the area. In fact I think that's the biggest tragedy of all, how such normal, and yet beautiful people could be painted as such barbarian subhumans in the west. Its completely unfair, and so cruelly unjust.
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