If one of the most singular functions of film is the preservation and reanimation of things that no longer exist, then Basma Al-Sharif’s work is now among the more urgent expressions of the medium in recent memory. This year’s edition of the Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival (Bfmaf) dedicated a significant portion of its programming to the Palestinian-American visual artist, exhibiting several selections of her older shorts dating back almost 10 years, as well as her 2017 feature-length essay film/process piece Ouroboros.
A significant chunk of the latter effort takes place in Gaza, and though the project’s inception and filming predated the recent escalation of the Middle Eastern conflict, it’s difficult not to compare its documenting of shelled, dilapidated urban scenery to the newer images of unprecedented devastation leaking out through social media channels on a daily basis. In an impassioned and surprisingly frank Q&a, Al-Sharif...
A significant chunk of the latter effort takes place in Gaza, and though the project’s inception and filming predated the recent escalation of the Middle Eastern conflict, it’s difficult not to compare its documenting of shelled, dilapidated urban scenery to the newer images of unprecedented devastation leaking out through social media channels on a daily basis. In an impassioned and surprisingly frank Q&a, Al-Sharif...
- 3/19/2024
- by David Robb
- Slant Magazine
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