Diversity Affairs at Evergreen

Lebanon/War by Rania Stephan. 2006, Lebanon, 47 min.

Film showing and discussion with filmmaker

Thurs. May 10, 7:30 � 9 pm

The Evergreen State College

Seminar 2, B-1105

This series of short videos present a ledger of how the "average" Lebanese citizen negotiated their everyday life during and immediately following the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon. Compelling vignettes give voice to a street-cleaner in the deserted Martyrs� Square, women and children displaced from the south, family members of a martyred fighter, and a man who survived the bombardment of the south with his family during the month-long war. Far from the bombastic frenzy of media broadcast, the tragedy of war is recorded with humility and simplicity. This documentary was screened at the ArteEast Film Festival at New York University and at the Portland International Film Fesitval this spring, and is produced with support from the IFPO (Institut Francais du Proche Orient).

RANIA STEPHAN, a Lebanese filmmaker, will be joining us for discussion following her film. She has degrees in Cinema Studies from Latrobe University in Melbourne, Australia, and from Paris 8 University. Her filmography includes Tribe(1993), My First Camera (1998), Arrest at Manara(2003) and Wastelands(2005). She was assistant director for Simone Bitton�s Wall (2004), and is currently in Olympia assisting with a film about Rachel Corrie.

Sponsored by SESAME (Students Educating Students About the Middle East) & MEDIA WORKS Program