Contact information
Name:
Nandini Sikand
Phone:
610-330-3049
Email:
sikandn@lafayette.edu
When:
Sunday, November 2, 2025 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Where:
Landis Cinema - Buck Hall - 219 N. 3rd Street
Presenter:
Nandini Sikand & Drew Swedberg
Price:
Free
Join us for a free screening of two Palestinian Films from Filmlab Palestine's annual program. Landis Cinema will be 1 of over 700 venues across the globe showcasing Palestinian Cinema on November 2nd.
Upshot (34m)
A couple's carefully constructed fantasy life is jeopardized by an uninvited guest who brings forth a devastating revelation from their past.
A couple's carefully constructed fantasy life is jeopardized by an uninvited guest who brings forth a devastating revelation from their past.
Divine Intervention (92m)
Palestinian comic visionary Elia Suleiman is at the height of his powers with this series of deadpan, interconnected, absurdist vignettes about Palestinian life on either side of an Israeli military checkpoint. Mutely following the travails of two lovers — one who lives in Nazareth, the other in Ramallah — as they navigate the wall between them, Divine Intervention is surreal, satirical, and biting in its political criticism without ever surrendering its poetry. It’s both sad in its vision of the world but also deeply warm in its humour.
Palestinian comic visionary Elia Suleiman is at the height of his powers with this series of deadpan, interconnected, absurdist vignettes about Palestinian life on either side of an Israeli military checkpoint. Mutely following the travails of two lovers — one who lives in Nazareth, the other in Ramallah — as they navigate the wall between them, Divine Intervention is surreal, satirical, and biting in its political criticism without ever surrendering its poetry. It’s both sad in its vision of the world but also deeply warm in its humour.
Screening will be followed by a dialogue with Prof. Nandini Sikand and Drew Swedberg
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsored by:
Film and Media Studies, A&S, Skillman Libraries