PEC hosts Palestinian Filmmaker

Peace Education Center to Screen Degrees of Incarceration and Host Talk with Movie’s Palestinian Filmmaker

The Peace Education Center will host filmmaker Nidal Al-Azraq, a Palestinian from Aida Refugee Camp in the West Bank.  He is a volunteer and former Program Director for the Lajee Youth Center in Aida, and he is currently studying in the Boston area.  Al-Azraq’s movie, Degrees of Incarceration, will be screened on Saturday, December 19, 2009, at 3 p.m. at the Capital Area District Library – Downtown Lansing Branch.  This film focuses on the lives of the refugees in the Aida Refugee Camp with a particular focus on issues of imprisonment.  The film is free and open to the public.

MOVIE EVENT DETAILS: Degrees of Incarceration

Saturday, December 19, 2009, 3:00 p.m
Capital Area District Library Auditorium,
401 South Capitol Avenue, Lansing, Michigan

Al-Azraq will hold another local screening of his movie at Gone Wired Café in Lansing, Michigan on Friday, December 18, 2009 at 6 p.m.

The screenings of Degrees of Incarceration will be in cooperation with the performance of the play Still Small Voices, arranged and performed by Ms. Maren Rosenberg.  Details about this play follow.

About the play Still Small Voices:

This original, contemporary theater piece, arranged by Rosenberg, is the first installment in the dramatic exploration of her work and travels in Israel and the West Bank.  These personal accounts, stories, and observations examine the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the still, small voices of the people involved and affected.  It strives to provoke thoughts about the “humanity” of these issues.  This piece is intended for audiences of all backgrounds, levels of understanding, and opinions.  The show will be performed at the BoarsHead Theater, 425 South Grand Avenue, Lansing, Michigan, on Friday and Saturday, December 18 and 19, 2009, at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, December 20, at 2 p.m.  Note to readers: Despite the recent announcement by BoarsHead Theater that they are closed for the season, Still Small Voices will still be performed at Boarshead on Dec. 18 and 19 as described above.

All three performances of Still Small Voices will be followed by talks with the actors, creators, and, additionally, filmmaker Nidal Al-Azraq.  The event poster is available at http://tinyurl.com/smallvoices.

Advance interviews with Al-Azraq or Rosenberg may be arranged by contacting the Peace Education Center at 517-515-5634.