Archive: Year 2008
Special Programmes
Everywhere was the same
Director
Basma Al-Sharif
Producer
Basma Al-Sharif
Cinematographer
Isak Berbic
Editor
Basma Al-Sharif
Contact
Basma Al-Sharif
3600 N. Lake Shore Dr., Apt. 2805
Chicago, IL 60613, USA
Tel: +1 312 882 0745
[email protected]
Palestine, Palestine, Palestine, Palestine
12 min
Color
The sound of clicking slides, together with extracts from a speech by Palestinian leader Haidar Abdel-Shafi and a heart-wrenching song by Fairuz, frame still pictures of houses long abandoned, cities that have grown and changed in the absence of their original inhabitants, and a beautifully embroidered Palestinian gown.
Born in Kuwait of Palestinian origin, Basma Al-Sharif received her M.F.A. from the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago, with a concentration in photography, film and video. Currently, Al-Sharif is active in the Chicago art scene and is an adjunct instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work deals with the problematic of diasporas, transience, displacement and nostalgia, incorporating the political turmoil in Palestine as it pertains to her own subjective experience.
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