Celebrating the Legacy of Edward Said at the Boston Palestine Film Festival
The Gift of a Music Education: Celebrating the Legacy of Edward Said - Film, Reception, and Concert
- Saturday, October 22 at 7:30pm
- The David Friend Recital Hall, Berklee College of Music
This event honors:
- The late Edward Said’s legacy of making a musical education possible for Palestinian youth, with the broader visionary mission of “promoting interaction and coexistence among cultures through music”
- The ongoing efforts of Berklee College of Music, building on Said’s legacy, to collaborate with the Edward Said National Music Conservatory in Ramallah to scout and recruit musically gifted Palestinian youth and facilitate their study at Berklee
- The achievements of the Palestinian students now enrolled at Berklee
Speakers:
- Roger Brown, President of Berklee College of Music and Adel Iskandar, Georgetown University, Co-Editor, Edward Said: of Music Legacy of Emancipation and Representation (2010)
Performers:
- Naseem Alatrash, Cello
- Ali Amr, Qanun, Vocals
- Utar Dundarartun, Piano
- Jenna Glatt, Vocals
- Tyreek Jackson, Bass
- Maya Khaldi, Vocals
- Sergio Martinez, Percussion
- Tareq Rantissi, Percussion
- Layth Sidiq, Violin
Knowledge is the beginning/The Ramallah concert by Paul Smaczny
- Saturday, October 22 at 5:30 pm
- The David Friend Recital Hall, Berklee College of Music
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Knowledge is the Beginning chronicles the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (WEDO), established in 1999 by Edward Said and Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim. Edward Said called it the most important thing he had done in his life.
Edward Said: The Last Interview by Mike Dibb
- Sunday, October 23 at 12pm
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Alfond Auditorium
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Discussion with Adel Iskandar, Georgetown University, Co-editor, Edward Said: A Legacy of Emancipation and Representation (2010) follows screening.
Born into a Palestinian family in Jerusalem in 1935, in 1948 the late Edward Said and his family were dispossessed and forced to relocate to Cairo. Educated in the US, he eventually settled in New York and went on to become a Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and one of the most important literary critics of the late 20th century. For many years, he was also the most prominent spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the US.
Said was diagnosed with incurable leukemia in 1991, and struggled with the disease over a decade, while continuing to work. Towards the end of his life, he stopped giving interviews. However, less than a year before his death, he agreed to speak at length with the filmmakers about his illness, his work, Palestine and politics, his life and education, and his continuing preoccupations. This film is an honest and enthralling tribute to a man who defied categorization and inexorably fought for truth and justice.
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