Spaces of Exception
Doors 7:30pm
Screening 8pm (not punk time)
$10 or pay what you can. No one turned away.
December 2nd 2023
Venue change for the screening. Now it's at redline...
RedLine Contemporary Art Center
2350 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO 80205
50% of the money collected at the door will go to The National Students for Justice in Palestine.
Statement: Our film Spaces of Exception, directed by Matt Peterson & Malek Rasamny investigates and juxtaposes the struggles, communities, and spaces of the American Indian reservation and the Palestinian refugee camp. It was shot from 2014 to 2017 in Arizona, New Mexico, New York, and South Dakota, as well as in Lebanon and the West Bank. Spaces of Exception features interviews with members of the American Indian Movement, the Mohawk Warrior Society, and Diné families resisting displacement on Black Mesa, as well as members of Fatah, Palestinian environmental and media activists, autonomous youth committees, and the families of political prisoners and martyrs. The film is an attempt to understand the significance of the land – its memory and divisions – and the conditions for life, community, and sovereignty.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS:
Matt Peterson is an organizer at Woodbine, an experimental space in New York City. He previously directed the documentary feature Scenes from a Revolt Sustained (2014), and co-edited the books In the Name of the People (2018) and The Reservoir (2022).
Malek Rasamny is a documentary filmmaker, researcher and writer. His work has been featured in publications including The New Inquiry, Lundi Matin and Newlines Magazine. He is currently working on a doctoral research project at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) concerning the social phenomenon of reincarnation within the Druze community of Lebanon.
You can see more of their collaborative works together at The Native and The Refugee
The Trailer for Spaces of Exception is below.
