Mahdi Amel – The Colonial Mode of Production

Assassinated Lebanese intellectual Mahdi Amel — often dubbed “the Arab Gramsci” — famously said: “He who resists is never defeated.” What use is his thought to us today, and what is our responsibility as image makers to Gaza?

Mary Jirmanus Saba is a geographer who uses film and other media to explore the histories of labor movement in the Arab world and its connections to Latin America, feminist internationalism, and new transformative possibilities. Her feature debut A Feeling Greater Than Love won the FIPRESCI Critics Prize at the 2017 Berlinale Forum and went on to play hundreds of festivals, galleries, and community spaces — including Palestine solidarity encampments. Mary is a member of the Frantz Fanon Cultural Fund, the UAW Arab Caucus and the People’s CDC.

2024, 14’

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Mary Jirmanus Saba