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CMS Film Presentation: “Standstill”

Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 5:00pm to 7:15pm

Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts

After the political crisis in Kanesatake’s reserve, Arihote, a Kanienkehaka "Mohawk", sometime war photographer, and his wife parted ways. While trying to help his son who has committed a misdemeanor, Arihote, whose life is in a rut, happens upon the revenge killing of a neighbor by Wedad (Meissoon Azzaria), a Palestinian refugee. Loath to get involved in a police investigation, Arihote finds himself helping Wedad to leave the crime scene. Arihote finally begins to rebuild his relationship with his son, and to focus on resolving his feelings about both his wife’s departure and his father’s suicide. The chance encounter between Arihote and Wedad sets each of them on a new course. The characters in Standstill have seen their attempts to move forward thwarted by cultural and political forces. Finding new solace in each other may be the first step to freeing themselves from their inertia.

 

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Event Type

Film

Departments

Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Comparative Muslim Societies Program

Website

http://cmsp.einaudi.cornell.edu/

Contact E-Mail

et54@cornell.edu

Contact Name

Eric Tagliacozzo

Speaker

Majdi El-Omari, Film-maker

Speaker Affiliation

Palestinian – Canadian filmmaker, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in filmmaking from the Cairo Institute of Cinema in Egypt, and a Master in Fine Arts in Film Production (MFA) from Concordia University, in Montreal, Canada.

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everyone

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