Mahdi Amel in Gaza: On the Colonial Mode of Production
Director: Mary Jirmanus Saba, Tareq Rantisi
Country: Lebanon, Palestine
Year: 2024
Length: 16'
Genre: documentary, experimental
Editing: Mary Jirmanus Saba, Tareq Rantisi
Sound design: Mary Jirmanus Saba, Tareq Rantisi
Producer: Mary Jirmanus Saba, Tareq Rantisi
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?