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X-WR-CALNAME:Amos Gitai:  Architecture\, Cinema\, Politics
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DESCRIPTION:Architecture\, Cinema and Politics is a series of events includ
 ing a lecture and workshop by the renowned Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai. D
 ealing with issues surrounding the Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian
  conflict in his films\, Gitai\, as a trained Architect\, also has a uniqu
 e way of representing human experience through time and space. Examining s
 ome of his films\, theatrical performances\, and multimedia exhibits\, the
 se sessions will explore the way he has been able to capture a more comple
 te narrative and image of Israel in the context of larger global discourse
 s. Amos Gitai’s filmmaking style sets an example for crossing geographic
 al\, racial\, ideological and political borders to examine and humanize op
 posing groups to one another. His storytelling approach helps build a foun
 dation for peace. Amos Gitai and his team (Laurent Truchot\, Producer and 
 Marie-José Sanselme\, coauthor) will be available to engage with audience
 s during the workshop and at the Q&A session after his public lecture.\n\n
 This series\, curated by Ayda Melika\, will be of special interest to thos
 e in Film and Media Studies\, Architecture and Urban Planning\, the Israel
  and Jewish studies\, Middle Eastern studies\, History\, Political Science
 \, Sociology\, Anthropology\, and Theater Studies.\n\nWorkshop (in person)
 :\nThursday\, November 2nd\n10:00 am to 12:00 PM\nGreen Library\, East Win
 g\, Room 123 (Special Collections Room)\n\nLecture (in person and online):
  \nThursday\, November 2nd\n5:00 to 6:00 PM (doors open at 4:30 PM)\nGreen
  Library\, East Wing\, 1st floor\, Hohbach Hall\, Presentation Room\n\nReg
 ister here to attend in person or online.\n\n_____________________________
 ______________________________\n\nAmos Gitai was born in Haifa on October 
 11\, 1950. He studied Architecture at the Israel Institute of Technology a
 nd received a PhD in Architecture from the University of Berkeley\, Califo
 rnia. He was a soldier in the 1973 Yom Kippur War\, during which he was in
 jured. He became a professional filmmaker in 1980 with his documentary fil
 m House and has been making films dealing with issues surrounding the Midd
 le East and Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Since then Gitai has created ove
 r 90 works of art\, which have brought him considerable international reco
 gnition in the most prestigious festivals. Gitai's work was presented in s
 everal major retrospective in Pompidou Center Paris\, the Museum of Modern
  Art (MoMA) New-York\, the Lincoln Center New-York and the British Film In
 stitute London. Seven of his films were entered in the Cannes Film Festiva
 l for the Palme d'Or as well as the Venice Film Festival for the Golden Li
 on award. He received several prestigious prizes\, in particular the Leopa
 rd of Honor at the Locarno International Film Festival (2008)\, the Robert
 o Rossellini prize (2005)\, the Robert Bresson prize (2013) and the Paradj
 anov prize (2014). His recent feature film\, Laila in Haifa\, was presente
 d at the 77th Venice Film Festival. Amos Gitai will visit Stanford Univers
 ity this Fall to take part in a series of curated events including a Film-
 Workshop and a Lecture on Architecture\, Cinema and Politics at the Standa
 rd University Libraries.\n\nAyda Melika is the Gitai Film and Digital Medi
 a Curator at Stanford University Libraries. She earned her PhD in Architec
 ture and Urban Sociology of the Middle East from UC Berkeley and is the fo
 under of the Urban Media Institute. As a filmmaker Ayda focuses on sociocu
 ltural aspects of design\, political socialization\, and the spatial manif
 estations of collective activism. Her work has been presented in several f
 estivals and museums including the International Architectural Biennale Ro
 tterdam\, the Venice Architecture Biennale\, and the Museum of Modern Arts
 \, New York.
GEO:37.426631;-122.167086
LOCATION:Green Library\, East Wing\, Hohbach Hall\, 1st floor\, Presentatio
 n Room
SUMMARY:Amos Gitai:  Architecture\, Cinema\, Politics
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/amos_gitai_architecture_cin
 ema_politics
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Presentation/Talk
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