Programs with the subject 'Middle East Studies'

• 33 Days
  A film produced in the midst of the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon. Follows a journalist, aid worker, mother and children's theater director coping with the terror and destruction.
• A Question of Balance
  We often hear of "the destruction on both sides" caused by the war. Without minimizing the loss of any innocent lives or justifying "collateral damage, is that destruction comparable? The three segments in this program look at the destruction in both Lebanon and Israel.
• A Summer Not to Forget
  A revealing chronicle of the brutalities of war and the plight of people as they deal with loss and destruction.
• Baghdad
  A lyrical, moving and disturbing video montage of the American invasion and occupation of Iraq.
• Bring the Troops Home!
  Bring the Troops Home! looks at grassroots organizing and resistance. Includes Jesus Papoletto Melendez, Puerto Rican poet; Grace Paley, author; Joseph Lowery, Southern Christian Leadership Conference and many war resisters.
• Channels of War
  The mainstream television networks have fanned the flames of war, and have profited from doing so. This program looks at how the U.S. corporate media has sanitized our field of vision.
• Chronicles Of A Refugee
  Filmed in 17 countries, 18 refugee camps, 36 cities, with more than 300 interviews, Chronicles of a Refugee gives voice to Palestinian Refugees displaced in 1948, as well as to their descendants.
• Conversations in Tehran
  A film by Persheng Vaziri Will the United States attack Iran? This film explores the views of diverse Iranians in Tehran.
• Dance of Death
  The American military in Iraq: lambs led to slaughter or centurions for the Empire? Either way, U.S. troops are locked in a deadly interaction with the people of Iraq. This program is also available with Spanish subtitles.
• Empire and Oil
  Modern empires run on oil, and controlling these resources is key to the domination of potential rivals. This program examines the recent history of the Middle East and the Iraq War in relation to the desire of Western powers to control its petroleum resources, "the greatest strategic prize in history.”
• Erasing Memory
  In the wake of the U.S. invasion, the military stood by and watched the destruction of the museums and archives of Iraq, the oldest treasures of human civilization. Millennia of history were bombed, looted and destroyed, and with them much of the memory and culture of Iraq,
• Facts on the Ground
  Personal stories of Palestinians and Israeli settlers frame this account of Israel's race to build permanent settlements in the West Bank and Gaza strip.
• Fallujah
  In November 2004 the United States aerial and artillery bombing destroyed Fallujah, the Iraqi City of Mosques. In 1968 the U.S. destroyed the Vietnamese city of Ben Tre. A U.S. major told CNN reporter Peter Arnett: "It became necessary to destroy the city in order to save it."
• Gaza Crisis: Emergency Town Hall Meeting
  On January 13th, 2009, an emergency town hall meeting was convened at the New York City Society for Ethical Culture to discuss the tragedy unfolding in Gaza. Over 500 people packed the hall to listen, and plan actions to stop the attacks. Speakers: Andy Zee, Abdeen Jabara, Adam Shapiro, Chris Hedges, Peter Weiss, Vanessa Redgrave, Najla Said, Cynthia McKinny.
• Getting Out of the Sand Trap
  Looks at US foreign policy in a post-cold war world. Includes Daniel Ellsberg, David Morrison, Edward Said, Michael Ratner and Dessima Williams.
• Global Dissent
  Reactions to the first Gulf War from across the globe.
• Globalization At Gunpoint
  The military occupation of Iraq has enabled the U.S. to enforce privatization of the Iraqi economy, in effect, selling off Iraq's assets to foreign investors. A look at the challenges to privatization.
• Guantanamo, Int'l Law and the War on Terror
  Barbara Olshansky is an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights. This piece is drawn from her speech at the World Tribunal on Iraq, which took place from June 23-25, 2005 in Istanbul, Turkey. She covers the range of legal and political measures employed by the U.S. government in the "global war on terror" both within the United States and outside. Including a discussion of anti-immigrant measures, enemy combatant status, detentions around the world, and the treatment of detainees.
• Human Security and International Law
  Professor Chinkin addresses "state centered security" upon which the United Nations, as an assembly of states, bases much of its legal framework often contrasts sharply with the human right to individual and community security, which international law addresses, but which is more often honored in the breach.
• Imperial Geography - Palestine/Israel
  A look at the maps of Palestine over the decades provides insight into the conflict that has roiled the Middle East for more than sixty years. "Imperial Geography - Palestine and Israel" examines the role of the imperial powers, the European and American map makers, who set up the horrors that have unfolded in the anything but holly "Holy Land."
• Iraq: On Losing a Despotic War
  The U.S. becomes more vicious and brutal as it struggles to maintain its global economic and political dominance by military force.
• Iraqi Refugees - Ikhlass Story
  The interview focuses on one Iraqi survivor and her two young daughters. Ihklass recounts the tragic story that detrmined her fate as a refugee, and she speaks out against American occupiers who destroyed her world. This surviving small family continues to seek resettlement in a third country. Please make donations for this project to: IRAQI STUDENT PROJECT and COLLATERAL REPAIR PROJECT
• Iraqi Women Speak Out
  In March 2006, Code Pink invited eight Iraqi women to the U.S. to speak about their experiences under U.S. invasion and occupation. Two of the women had their entire families killed by U.S. troops. These two women were denied visas on the grounds they did not have sufficient family to guarantee they would return to Iraq.
• Lines in the Sand
  Gulf Crisis TV Project: made in collaboration with Paper Tiger. This program reviews the history of colonialism and intervention in the Middle East.
• Manufacturing the Enemy
  Gulf Crisis TV Project: made in collaboration with Paper Tiger. Manufacturing the Enemy includes interviews with Arab Americans victimized by violence and racism during and after the first Gulf War. Their experiences are compared with those of Japanese Americans during and after the Second World War.
• National Insecurities
  In the wake of 911 the U.S. government launched a 21st century pogrom against Arabs and Muslims in the U.S, inflaming racial and religious hatreds and fears.How have people responded.
• News World Order
  "News World Order” explores the role of the corporate media in the formation of public consent around the war. This program shows how to over come the disinformation, censorship and limited ownership of the information industry
• Operation Dissidence
  Operation Dissidence is about how the first Gulf War was sold to the American people. Includes Laura Flanders, Undercurrents Radio, Noam Chomsky, Jeff Cohen, FAIR, Paul Zaloom, comic from Beekman's World.
• Privatization of War
  Niloufer Bhagwat describes the economic interests behind the U.S. war on Iraq and the complicity of corporations and the corporate economic system. Testimony from the World Tribunal on Iraq, final session, Istanbul Turkey 2005
• Radiation Contamination In Iraq
  Souad Naji Al-Azzawi, an environmental engineer and Dr. Thomas Fasy MD testify at the 16th and final session of the World Tribunal on Iraq, Istanbul Turkey, June 2005. Witnesses from around the world examined the war crimes and violations of international law committed by the United States and allies during the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
• Resistance At Home
  Millions of Americans have said NO! to the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and the larger Bush agenda of clampdowns on free speech, increased spying on citizens and the elimination of civil liberties.
• Samidoun
  Democracy Now! reporter Ana Nogueira traveled to Lebanon during the 2006 war. Her first hand reports document Israeli's massive use of cluster bombs, the immense ecological destruction and the war's toll of civilian casualties. The film includes three separate reports made during and immediately after the war.
• Standing With The Women of Iraq
  Iraqi women's passionate statements of resistance to U.S. occupation are intercut with actions by Code Pink, Women in Black and others who have been at the forefront of protests against the war in the U.S.
• The Art of Resistance
  Picasso responded to the fascist takeover of Spain in the 1930s with his famous painting Guernica. Artists today are responding the the U.S. occupation of Iraq and domestic repression with music, murals, street performance, comedy, cartoon animations and giant puppets. This program is also available with Spanish subtitles.
• The Economy of Militarization
  Samir Amin examines the dynamic reconfiguration of imperial exploitation in the 21st century.
• The July War
  Independent journalist and award-winning independent filmmaker, W. Brandon Jourdan, went to Lebanon to document the destruction left by the Israeli offensive, to cover the resilience of the Lebanese people, and to find the root causes of the conflict.
• The Real Face of Occupation
  What does the U.S. military occupation of Iraq looks from the other end of the gun barrel. Part One of a twelve part series on the war in Iraq.
• The World Says NO To War
  Documents the massive protests of tens of millions of people throughout the world in opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Sounds and images from 16 countries show passionate and creative reactions to militarism and occupation.
• Transforming Palestine/Israel
  Panel Discussion and Q&A organized by the Committee for an Open Discussion of Zionism (CODZ.org). Examines the logic and necessary steps for a Single State Resolution of the Israel/Palestine conflict
• War Crimes and Iraq
  In June 2005 at the 16th and final session of the World Tribunal on Iraq held in Istanbul, Turkey, Dahr Jamail presented a meticulous and systematic case that the United States is guilty of war crimes in Iraq.
• War on the Homefront
  An accelerated decline of the US economy, labor, housing and healthcare lie in the wake of the first Gulf War.Gulf Crisis TV Project: made in collaboration with Paper Tiger Part 10 of the 10-part "Gulf Crisis TV Project" series. The billions of dollars spent on mass destruction in the war is paralleled to the decline of the US economy, budget cuts in labor, healthcare, housing and education. It examines the military treatment of public lands within the US, the ecological devastation that occurs in the production of weapons and the grassroots movements efforts to change this nation's priorities. An accelerated decline of the US economy, labor, housing and healthcare lie in the wake of the first Gulf War.
• War, Oil and Power
  Part 1 of the 10-Part "Gulf Crisis TV Project" Series. "War, Oil and Power" investigates the military and energy industries and explores the interlocking interests between the two. Features Alexandra Allen (Greenpeace), Joe Stork (Middle East and North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch), Abbas Al-Nasravi (emeritus professor of economics at the University of Vermont), Dessima Williams (former Ambassador to Grenada), Catherine Tompa (Daughters of Mother Jones) and economist Jon Naar.
• Where Should The Birds Fly
  A powerful, moving preview of a film by Palestinian filmmaker Fida Qishta that tells the story of the human catastrophe inflicted on the people of Gaza by Israel during their invasion of December 2008 and 2009. The filmmakers kept their cameras rolling for months, recording the struggle of the people of Gaza to retrieve some sense of normalcy from the absolute abnormality of life in the world’s largest prison camp, sealed off on all sides by Israeli and Egyptian walls, barbed wire and military. Deep Dish TV is seeking financial support to complete the film. Tax-deductible donations can be made at: Deep Dish TV Donations
• Where Should The Birds Fly - Mona's Story
  The moving story of two Palestinian young women who embody hope for the future of Palestine. A trailer for Palestinian made feature documentary. Your support needed to complete the film. Donate at:Deep Dish TV
• World Tribunal On Iraq - The Final Session
  The WTI sessions were held in 16 countries around the world. Deep Dish TV traveled to Istanbul, Turkey in June 2005 to broadcast the final session live to the world. The resulting two one-hour programs form a beautifully edited account of the Tribunal held in the ancient Topkapi Palace of the Ottoman Empire to judge the war crimes of the U.S. Empire. This three-disc set also includes the New York session, and interviews of tribunal participants by David Barsamian.