Cultural Perseverance
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'The Presidents Cake' and Reclaiming our Narratives
Middle Eastern stories have been filtered for Western audiences for far too long. The President’s Cake rejects that
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Inside Watermelon Pictures: Badie Ali on Decolonizing the Film Industry
An interview with the co-founder of America's only Palestinian-led distributor
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Kneecap (2024)
An Irish-language rap group's rise becomes a meditation on how cultural expression transforms into political resistance, connecting Belfast to Palestine through the universal power of art as defiance
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Interview with Michael Goorjian
Michael Goorjian transforms personal Armenian heritage into cinematic resistance, using ‘Amerikatsi’ to challenge global invisibility and preserve his people's stories beyond genocide narratives
