In a Benjaminian manner, the films in this section awaken images of the past with redemptive potential in the present. Redemption translates to the possibility of resistance. These are the images that will not go away, that persist and insist on haunting the present.
Urok Shirhan, Watani Al Akbar (My Greater Homeland), 2015, 11 minutes
Wael Noureddine, A Film Far Beyond a God, 2008, 39 minutes
Fouad Elkoury, Atlantis, 2012, 13 minutes
Akram Zaatari, This Day, 2003, 86 minutes
Helene Kazan, Frame of Accountability: In Her View, 2022, 15 minutes
The Persistence of Resistance in the Actualization of Memories From the Past is the fourth of five chapters in Memories for Forgetfulness Elsewhere, an online film program curated by Irmgard Emmelhainz on e-flux Video & Film. The program streams in five thematic group screenings each two weeks long, and will be accompanied by two live discussions on February 2 and 15.
For more information, contact program@e-flux.com.