Type:
Documentary
Director:
Bassam Haddad
Year:
2006
Time:
135 minuntes
Produced by:
Asmahan Haddad
Written by:
Bassam Haddad
Edited by:
Bassam Haddad
Language:
Arabic, English, French, Hebrew & Spanish with English subtitles
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From the Director of About Baghdad
A multi-faceted documentary project focusing on Arabs & Terrorism, this film is unique in it’s breadth and scope. Arabs and Terrorism was researched in 6 languages and filmed on location in 11 countries with 120 experts and politicians as well as hundreds of street interviews across the United States, Europe, and the Arab world. It examines the dominant discourse on terrorism in the United States and Europe and offers critics an opportunity to respond. Featuring 120 distinguished interviewees in 11 countries, as well as dozens of street-level interviews. Each episode contrasts high-profile interviewees and adversaries never seen together before on the same screen.
*Episode 1: Terrorism The first episode in the series deals primarily with the dominant discourse on terrorism in the United States, Europe, and Israel. It also features dissident voices from these countries and the Middle East. The focus here is on individual and group terrorism.
*Episode 2: State Terrorism The second episode deals with “state terrorism,” providing the critics of the dominant discourse on terrorism with an opportunity to bring to bear what they think is missing from that discourse. Invariably, critics emphasize that while individual and group terrorism is abominable, it is state terrorism that produces the largest number of victims and that it should be dealt with more stringently than individual or group terrorism.
*Episode 3: Terrorism and Resistance The third and final episode in this series deals with the often thin line between terrorism and resistance. A clear divide emerges between those who support the “War on Terrorism” and those who critique it. The debate turns on a number of questions including the right to resist occupation/oppression, what/who can be considered a legitimate target of resistance, and where can/should resistance take place in order for it to remain legitimate. In this episode, and irrespective of one’s politics, the link between state violence and individual/group violence becomes increasingly apparent.
Shot on location in Egypt, France, Holland, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Spain, Syria, United Kingdom & the United States.
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