A high-contrast portrait of Edward Said dominates the foreground against a vibrant green and yellow graphic background featuring Arabic calligraphy and artistic patterns.

Witness Palestine Film Festival

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Dir. Maiken Baird107 mins, Documentary The life and mind of the brilliant Palestinian-American professor, author, and public intellectual Edward Said (1935&ndash;2003) fuels this rich, engrossing documentary. Born in Jerusalem, Said was displaced, along with his refugee family, in 1948, with the founding of Israel. Sent to boarding school in Massachusetts, he would go on to become a Professor of Literature at Columbia University, later finding his calling as a world-renowned advocate for the Palestinian cause, and in essential books like Orientalism, a crucial critic of the way Arab people are othered in Western culture. Using all archival footage, Maiken Baird&rsquo;s film follows Said from childhood to education to his social politicization, his relationship with his wife Mariam, and his battles with leukemia, always remaining committed to representing the power of his words, thoughts, and humanism. Score composed by Kareem Roustom. See&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/palestinian-songs-dances-and-images" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Palestinian Songs, Dances, and Images</a> to learn more.&nbsp;

Dir. Maiken Baird107 mins, Documentary The life and mind of the brilliant Palestinian-American professor, author, and public intellectual Edward Said (1935–2003) fuels this rich, engrossing documentary. Born in Jerusalem, Said was displaced, along with his refugee family, in 1948, with the founding of Israel. Sent to boarding school in Massachusetts, he would go on to become a Professor of Literature at Columbia University, later finding his calling as a world-renowned advocate for the Palestinian cause, and in essential books like Orientalism, a crucial critic of the way Arab people are othered in Western culture. Using all archival footage, Maiken Baird’s film follows Said from childhood to education to his social politicization, his relationship with his wife Mariam, and his battles with leukemia, always remaining committed to representing the power of his words, thoughts, and humanism. Score composed by Kareem Roustom. See <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/palestinian-songs-dances-and-images" target="_blank">Palestinian Songs, Dances, and Images</a> to learn more.

Witness Palestine Film Festival

Edward Said: Between Worlds (2026)

900 East Ave

General Admission

$10

Student discount

$8

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