Archive for March, 2009
What Can We Get for ‘48 Cents? Home Land Hip-Hop NYC
Tuesday April 7th, 2009
Southpaw
125 Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
DAM Palestine
Invincible
Finale
Rebel Diaz
DJ Oja
Doors 8pm, Show 9pm
Presented by Sun Child Productions, Slingshot Hip-Hop
The Land Speaks Arabic – historical account of Palestine
In this documentary by Maryse Gargour the late 19th century birth of Zionism—and its repercussions for Palestinians—is detailed with original source documents, Zionist leaders’ quotations, rare archival footage, testimonies of witnesses and interviews with historians. All help to illustrate that the expulsion of the indigenous Arab population from Palestine was far from an accidental result [...]
NYC Tonight! In Commemoration of Rachel Corrie – Seven Jewish Children
Seven Jewish Children
By Caryl Churchill
Brecht Forum
451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune Streets) 10014
Tonight! Monday, March 16
8:00 pm / Free!
IN COMMEMORATION OF RACHEL CORRIE
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HER DEATH
Theaters Against War & Rachel’s Words present
First NYC Performance of:
Seven Jewish Children
Kathleen Chalfant, Brian Jones, Daren Kelly, Ellen McLaughlin, Una Aya Osato & Brian Pickett
“Caryl Churchill’s 10-minute [...]
Tadamon! Artists Against Apartheid VI – Montreal, March 22nd
A major event celebrating artist/activist Freda Guttman’s 75th birthday in the ongoing Artists Against Apartheid series uniting artists for the struggle against Israeli apartheid.
featuring hip-hop, jazz and experimental music in opposition to Israeli apartheid. This is the 6th such event from this Montreal based group Tadamon!
SUNDAY MARCH 22nd
20h00 $5-10
La Sala Rossa
4848 St. Laurent
Montreal, Quebec
Closed Zone – Slamdance with Bashir
The Making of “Closed Zone”
Yoni Goodman, director of animation for the Academy Award-nominated film, “Waltz with Bashir”, talks about the process of making his new animated film on the closure of Gaza together with the human rights group Gisha. Click here to watch »
Closed Zone
Despite declarations that it has “disengaged” from the Gaza Strip, Israel [...]
An Open Letter to Mira Awad from PACBI
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel has this to say about Mira Awad, the Palestinian-Israeli artist performing with Noa at the Eurovision Song Contest:
“An Open Letter to Mira Awad: Do not help Israel whitewash its atrocities in the Gaza Strip!
PACBI — Ramallah, Occupied Palestine, March 8, 2009
Palestinian artists and intellectuals [...]
