Edward Said
Also Known As: Edward Wadie Saïd, إدوارد وديع سعيد, Idwārd Wadīʿ Saʿīd
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Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine
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Birthday: November 01, 1935
Age: 89 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: September 24, 2003
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Exiles: Edward Said
Overview: Edward Said, critic, tells his story and the story of Palestine.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-23
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Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
Overview: Presented by the late literary critic Edward Said, this thirty-seven minute 1992 documentary reflects on director Gillo Pontecorvo's youth and politics in an attempt to understand his approach to filmmaking.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Edward Said: The Last Interview
Overview: Prominent Columbia University English and Comparative Literature professor Edward Said was well known in the United States for his tireless efforts to convey the plight of the Palestinian people, and in this film shot less than a year before his death resulting from incurable leukemia, the author of such books as {-Orientalism}, {-Culture and Imperialism}, and {-Power, Politics, and Culture} discusses with filmmakers his illness, his life, his education, and the continuing turmoil in Palestine. Diagnosed with the disease in 1991, Said struggled with his leukemia throughout the 1990s before refraining from interviews due to his increasingly fragile physical state. This interview was the one sole exception to his staunch "no interview" policy, and provides fascinating insight into the mind of the man who became Western society's most prominent spokesman for the Palestinian cause.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-11
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Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media
Overview: Edward Said's book Orientalism has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging and lavishly illustrated interview he talks about the context within which the book was conceived, its main themes, and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the Orient" as represented in the mass media. "That's the power of the discourse of Orientalism. If you're thinking about people and Islam, and about that part of the world, those are the words you constantly have to use. To think past it, to go beyond it, not to use it, is virtually impossible, because there is no knowledge that isn't codified in this way about that part of the world." -Edward Said
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-21
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On 'Orientalism'
Overview: Edward Said's book ORIENTALISM has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging (and lavishly illustrated) interview he talks about the context within which the book was conceived, its main themes and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the Orient." Said argues that the Western (especially American) understanding of the Middle East as a place full of villains and terrorists ruled by Islamic fundamentalism produces a deeply distorted image of the diversity and complexity of millions of Arab peoples.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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On Palestinian Identity: A Conversation with Salman Rushdie
Overview: In 1986, Edward Said and Salman Rushdie sat down to talk at the ICA. Professor Said launched his book “After the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives” at the ICA and discussed his and the collective Palestinian identity, exile, return and the right to return.
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Original Language: en
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In Search of Palestine: Edward Said's Return Home
Overview: For Palestinian expatriate Edward Said, the return to his homeland amounted to a painful inquiry into his past. This program captures the interconnection between Said's personal recollections and the shared memory of the Palestinian people. Far from ignoring the contemporary realities of the Middle East, Said's perspective relates the ruins of history to the complacent and destructive policies of present-day governments, and delivers a powerful articulation of the weaknesses of the Oslo accords. His intellectual legacy provides valuable insight into the circumstances of the second intifada, as well as the faint steps toward peace that have followed. A BBCW Production.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-01
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Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said
Overview: Documentary filmmaker Makoto Sato offers this reflection on the life and career of Edward Said, the deeply influential literary and cultural critic, Columbia University academic, and outspoken advocate for displaced Palestinians, of whom he was one. Exploring the landscapes of Said's childhood and how they influenced his philosophy, this film features rare footage of Said and interviews with many of his colleagues, including Noam Chomsky.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-11
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The man who predicted the future of the Arabs
Overview: Edward Said's wife and daughter telling a stories and scenes of his own life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-31
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Selves and Others: A Portrait of Edward Said
Overview: Edward Said was one of the great contemporary intellectuals of our time and a prominent spokesperson for the Palestinian cause. Shortly before his death in 2003, a French film crew spent several weeks with him and his family. The result is this intimate documentary that offers Said's reflections on how the experience of exile shaped the central ideas, the work and the struggles of this famous academic and activist. Speaking of his background, Said once told a journalist, "My sense of exile has been lifelong -- it's a question of articulating it," Selves and Others features the Said speaking about his nomadic childhood and his views on Eastern identity in the West and how the city of New York balances tradition with a sense of constant change.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-09
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Ethos
Overview: Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor and activist Woody Harrelson, Ethos lifts the lid on a Pandora's box of systemic issues that guarantee failure in almost every aspect of our lives; from the environment to democracy and our own personal liberty: From terrifying conflicts of interests in politics to unregulated corporate power, to a media in the hands of massive conglomerates, and a military industrial complex that virtually owns our representatives. With interviews from some of todays leading thinkers and source material from the finest documentary film makers of our times Ethos examines and unravels these complex relationships, and offers a solution, a simple but powerful way for you to change this system!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-10
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The Shadow of the West
Overview: Its main focus is on the plight of the Palestinians which can be seen as the most enduring residue of the modern encounter between the Arabs and the West. Edward Said traces the course of European involvement with the Near East via the Crusades to Napoleon's campaign in Egypt and the French and English entrepreneurs, adventurers and empire builders who came in his wake.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Edward Said: The Idea of Empire
Overview: Edward Said, a Palestinan writer, academic and exile, talks about his book "Culture and Imperialism" and explains how the attitudes forged over the last 200 years continue to enforce the relationship between the west and the developing world.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-12
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Echoing Voices: From the Words of Edward W. Said
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-05-18
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