Edouard Glissant- One World in Relation - Trailer - TWN

Enemy Alien  ENEMY ALIEN is the gripping story of the fight to free Farouk Abdel-Muhti, a Palestinian-born human rights activist detained in a post-9/11 sweep of Muslim immigrants. Told through the eyes of the filmmaker, the grandson of Japanese Americans interned during World War II, this documentary takes on unprecedented intimacy and historical resonance. As the filmmaker confronts his own family legacy of incarceration, his involvement in the current struggle deepens. Resistance brings consequences: In retaliation for organizing a hunger strike, Farouk is locked in solitary confinement, and a counterterrorism investigation into the documentary itself triggers the arrest of Farouk’s American-born son Tarek.  Konrad Aderer is available for presentations. Visit www.lifeorliberty.org, for more information.  Reviews "Enemy Alien is a must-see documentary! The filmmaker crosses boundaries and prison walls to tell the story of this peaceful Palestinian freedom fighter…a powerful and often scary real-life tale of the shared struggle between Japanese Americans and Muslim Americans." - Basim Elkarra, Executive Director, CAIR-Sacramento  Amazing… An exposé of the first order. - Satsuki Ina, Director, Children of the Camps & From a Silk Cocoon   Screenings No One Is Illegal, Toronto, 2012 Films of Remembrance Series, Japantown, San Francisco, 2012 World Development Community Film Festival, Vancouver, 2012 Toronto Palestine Flim Festival, 2011 Maysles Cinema, 2011 Boston Palestine Film Festival, 2012 Buena Vista United Methodist Church, Alameda, 2012   Edouard Glissant: One World in Relation  In 2009, filmmaker Manthia Diawara, along with his camera, documented his conversations with Martinican philosopher, writer, and poet Édouard Glissant aboard the Queen Mary II on their transatlantic journey from Southampton, England to New York City. This intellectual voyage encapsulates Glissant’s life’s work and studies on his theory of Relation and the concept of Tout-monde, amongst several other of his philosophical suppositions.  “Every diaspora is the passage from unity to multiplicity.” Glissant believes that, “[people are] in a stage of perpetual change… You can change, you can be without the Other, you can exchange with the Other while being yourself…” That is, for him, understanding and tracing genealogical roots as far back as one can is of less importance than understanding and discovering the bonds that unite all of humankind as one. Glissant asserts that people’s physical, cultural, and geographical differences should not separate and divide them, rather those “essential qualities” should be the factors that link the world together. The ability to accept and become accustomed to each other’s “essential qualities,” without having to alter our own, in order to create a more mutual and integrated world is at the forefront of this documentary.  Glissant is widely considered to be one of the most influential Caribbean thinkers and cultural commentators. Typically known for his written works, One World in Relation offers a more first-hand and accessible view into Glissant’s thoughts and beliefs on his own theories, as well as the topics of creolization, Rhizome, nation borders, and opacity. Produced only two years before his death, this documentary perhaps serves as a final summation of Glissant’s lauded work in the field of philosophy, and will prove to be especially useful for any student of philosophy, Caribbean or European studies.  Reviews "Profound and inspiring… The director remains completely unassuming, maintaining the focus on Glissant’s words, gestures, and silences. This standpoint, coupled by views of the wide seas that unite us, constitute the full hearted charm of the film." - Ivette Romero, Repeating Islands   Screenings African Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2011   DETAILS	 Manthia Diawara 2010 Color 50 minutes US French English