Boston Palestine Film Festival 2008

The Closing Reception for the Expressions of Nakba exhibition at Harvard (Free Event). Come see the artwork and meet filmmakers and artists who will discuss their work and how it relates to the Nakba. There will be a small reception with drinks and snacks for this closing event.

Expressions of Nakba is an international competition and exhibition to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Nakba: the expulsion and dispossession of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948.

The initiative strives to present the extraordinary narrative of a dispossessed people through a diverse range of expressions (from young artists) that interpret the collective identity, historic struggle, and emotional experience of the Nakba for Palestinians. The exhibit strives to highlight the ongoing effects of the Nakba on the contemporary life of Palestinian refugees along with a deeper exploration of emerging notions of being in “exile” today.

The exhibition showcases the winning entries from the competition (held early this year) in addition to a wonderful range of selections in the form of visual arts, poetry, essays, music, video and digital media.

Expressions of Nakba Exhibit: Online Gallery

Special Screening: Collection of Testimonies from the Nakba Archive
(2007, Lebanon, 40 mins, documentary)
by Diana Allan & Mahmoud Zeidan

This video archive will serve both a archival and pedagogical role by recording the collective memory of this passing generation of eyewitnesses, as well as functioning as a public act of witness to the legacy of 1948 and its continuing impact on the Palestinian refugee community in Lebanon.