Gate 48

                         

Invite you to a Public Discussion (23 April) & a Film Screening (21 April)

JAFFA: the orange’s clockwork – Film & Discussion

Tuesday 21 April 2015, 19:30, De Balie, Amsterdam

After the screening there will be a Q&A with the filmmaker Eyal Sivan.

Jaffa, the orange’s clockwork narrates the visual history of the famous citrus fruit originated from   Palestine and known worldwide for centuries as "Jaffa oranges". The history of the orange is the history of this land. Through photography and cinema, poetry, paintings, workers of the citruses’ industry and historians, memory and present mythologies, Palestinians and Israelis cross and combine.

The politics of cultural freedom

Thursday 23 April 2015, 20:00, University of Amsterdam (Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, room OMHP Fo.o1)

Public discussion with:

Omar Barghouti, founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

Eyal Sivan, Israeli filmmaker, Honorary Fellow - European Center for Palestine Studies, University of Exeter, UK

Anne de Jong, assistant professor anthropology, University of Amsterdam

The discussion will address different questions in relation to the growing global boycott movement like: Should culture and art be regarded as standing “above politics” and therefore be spared the growing boycott against Israel? Is the cultural boycott inherently in conflict with freedom of speech and freedom of the exchange of ideas? Is it fair to compare Israel to South African apartheid despite the obvious differences? What impact can the cultural boycott have on the global struggle for Palestinian rights, justice and equality? How can Israelis be part of the global boycott movement?

The public discussion & film screening is organized in cooperation with De Leonhard-Woltjer Stichting and De Balie.