Country: Palestine, United States
Year: 2021
Language: Arabic
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Runtime: 7 mins.
Interested in its parallels with the fate of the Jaffa oranges, the filmmaker tells her father about her intention to film the last orange grove in Los Angeles. Their disagreement transforms the grove into a space of contemplation on the politics of storytelling in the multi generational experience of Palestine in exile.
DIRECTOR
Zaina Bseiso
Zaina Bseiso is a film director, producer, and curator working primarily in documentary and experimental cinema. Her work explores the relationship between the materialities of place and issues of memory, surveillance, corporeality, and nationalism. She received her Master’s degree in Film and video from the California Institute of the Arts. Bseiso is based in Los Angeles and was raised in Egypt by Palestinian parents. Her practice mainly traverses among Egypt, Palestine, Cuba, Mexico, and the US. She is co-founder of Bahía Colectiva, a community of filmmakers that collaborate in practice and curation.
Director:
Zaina Bseiso
Cast
Alaa Bseiso.
Cinematography:
Luis Gutierrez Arias, Zaina Bseiso.
Production:
Luis Gutierrez Arias.
Screenplay:
Zaina Bseiso.
Editing:
Zaina Bseiso.
Music:
Brian Griffith.
Sound:
Gavati Wad, Sarah Ibrahim.
Animation:
Jordan Wong.
contacto: zt.bseiso@gmail.com
Screenings
GIFF OnLine
disponible a partir del:17.9.2021
00:00 (Horario CST)
GIFF OnLine
León
18.9.2021
13:00 (Horario CST)
Auditorio Mateo Herrera 
San Miguel de Allende
21.9.2021
13:00 (Horario CST)
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