Film Screenings

Film Screening: The Native and the Refugee: Palestine, Turtle Island, and Spaces of Exception

“The Native and the Refugee” is a long-term multimedia project by Matt Peterson and Malek Rasamny profiling the terrains of the Indian reservation and the Palestinian refugee camp, “spaces of exception” that have become essential in the struggle for decolonization and indigenous autonomy. While the existence of such spaces is the result of settler-colonialism (albeit at different stages) and are repositories for its ongoing violence, they also open up new possibilities for resistance and for conceptualizing existence outside the boundaries of the nation-state.

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‘Great Walls’ Film Screening and Discussion – 11/6

The Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, the Politics Department at New School for Social Research, and the Julien J. Studley Graduate Program in International Affairs is pleased to invite you to the Screening of “Great Walls” followed by a discussion with filmmaker Bill Callahan moderated by Associate Professor of Politics at The New School for Social Research Anne McNevin. Description Why do

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‘The Greek Refugee Crisis’: Talk by Kate Schoenbach – 10/22

The Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility is excited to announce The Greek Refugee Crisis: Talk by Kate Schoenbach, followed by a Q&A with Kate and Noemi Mena Montes as part of the Zolberg Institute’s Film Series. Kate Schoenbach is a multimedia journalist and BBC contributor who focuses on global humanitarian issues. Through video, photography, and text she creates compelling

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Screening of “The Desert Eats Us”, March 19, 5pm

New Venue: 66 W. 12th St, 4th Fl, Rm. 404   Screening of “The Desert Eats Us” Presented by Kesang Tseten Award-winning filmmaker and writer from Nepal The earnings of Nepali labour sustain one out of every three households of Nepal’s 28 million; remittances prop up the country, but at a high cost. The film

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FILM SCREENING: Precious Knowledge

The documentary Precious Knowledge interweaves the stories of students in the Mexican American Studies Program at Tucson High School. While 48 percent of Mexican American students currently drop out of high school, Tucson High’s Mexican American Studies Program has become a national model of education success, with on average, 93 percent of enrolled students graduating

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