Middle East Movies
- 2004
Forbidden to Wander
Forbidden to Wander02004HD
Forbidden to Wander chronicles the experiences of a 25-year-old Arab American woman traveling on her own in the occupied territories of the West Bank...
- 1997
How I Learned to Overcome My Fear and Love Arik Sharon
How I Learned to Overcome My Fear and Love Arik Sharon6.81997HD
On the verge of the election, the director Avi Mograbi aims to make a documentary on the most maligned Israeli politician, Arik Sharon. Against all...
- 2022
Esther Manito: #NotAllMen
Esther Manito: #NotAllMen02022HD
In her award-winning stand-up show, Esther Manito (Live At The Apollo, The Stand Up Sketch Show) looks back at the era of lad mags, landlines and...
- 2019
The Unseen
The Unseen72019HD
When Tehran hosts visiting foreign dignitaries, the local authorities clean up the city’s urban image through the controversial process of...
- 2017
Chosen and Excluded - Jew Hatred in Europe
Chosen and Excluded - Jew Hatred in Europe22017HD
- 2021
Cuisine libanaise : Chiche ou pois chiche ?
Cuisine libanaise : Chiche ou pois chiche ?72021HD
- 2004
The Eastern Bride
The Eastern Bride02004HD
A globetrotting South African businessman goes about his normal Christian life until the persecution of Christians around the world is brought to his...
- 2020
Far from Bashar
Far from Bashar02020HD
A few years ago, the al-Mahamids fled Bashar al-Assad and Syria to settle in Montreal. A nuanced portrayal of a courageous family coping with a...
- 2016
Nocturne in Black
Nocturne in Black02016HD
In a war-ravaged Syrian neighborhood, a musician struggles to rebuild his piano after it is destroyed by terrorists.
- 1975
The Changing Middle East
The Changing Middle East01975HD
Discusses the history of the Middle East. Contrasts old ways with the new in agriculture, industry, etc. in emphasizing the changing image of this...
- 1995
Jerusalem: An Occupation Set in Stone?
Jerusalem: An Occupation Set in Stone?01995HD
Discusses the situation of the Palestinians in East Jerusalem whose homes have been destroyed by the 1967 war and Israeli urban renewal and...
- 2015
1913: Seeds of Conflict
1913: Seeds of Conflict02015HD
Explore an overlooked moment in pre-WWI Palestine when people's identities overlapped, and Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities intermingled...
- 1974
Everyday Life in a Syrian Village
Everyday Life in a Syrian Village7.31974HD
The first documentary to present an unabashed critique of the impact of the Syrian government’s agricultural and land reforms, Everyday Life in...
- 1990
Introduction to the End of an Argument
Introduction to the End of an Argument7.21990HD
This highly kinetic tableaux of uprooted sights and sounds works most earnestly to expose the racial biases concealed in familiar images. Relying on...
- 1970
Unwell Mind
Unwell Mind01970HD
Danna, a young college student, and Yael, a woman with an intellectual disability, are forced to face the difficulties that arise in their love...
- 2018
The Way Home
The Way Home52018HD
When filmmaker Wael Kadlo picks up his mother from the airport in Beirut, it seems like a rather warm family visit. But Kadlo, who was born in...
- 1970
Film-Essay on the Euphrates Dam
Film-Essay on the Euphrates Dam2.51970HD
The construction of a dam on the Euphrates River is an example of a country’s economic development. Through grandly composed images, rhythmic...
- 2010
Amin
Amin02010HD
AMIN portrays Qashqai musician Amin Aghaie, a young modern nomad and his family who despite facing steep financial, cultural and political obstacles...
- 2009
Gaza-London
Gaza-London02009HD
- 2011
The Light in Her Eyes
The Light in Her Eyes02011HD
Houda al-Habash, a conservative Muslim preacher, founded a Qur'an school for girls in Damascus, Syria when she was just 17 years old. Every summer,...