An Atonal Cinema: Resistance, counterpoint and dialogue in transnational Palestine

Authors

  • Érica Faleiro Rodrigues CICANT, Lusófona University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14591/aniki.v13n3.1161

Keywords:

Palestinian cinema, political aesthetics, diasporic filmmaking, transnational cinema, exile and identity

Abstract

An Atonal Cinema critically examines Palestinian cinema through Edward Said’s contrapuntal method and the concept of musical atonality. Surveying films by various directors, White demonstrates how Palestinian filmmakers use innovative aesthetics as a form of political resistance, challenging dominant narratives in their exploration of memory, identity, and displacement.

References

Said, Edward. 1994. Culture and Imperialism. New York: Vintage Books.

__________. 2000. Reflections on Exile and Other Essays. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

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Published

2026-01-31

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2026): Contemporary “Peripheral” Spaces of the Moving Image

Section

Reviews