Ici et ailleurs

Godard’s concern for the Palestinian struggle led to the Dziga Vertov Group’s unfinished “Until Victory”, shot in 1970 with fedayeen militants exiled in Jordan. After the film’s subjects were killed by Jordanian armed forces, Godard entered a rare period of inactivity, eventually working with Miéville to refashion the footage into a reflection of its own creation, juxtaposing the immediacy of the Arab world’s “elsewhere” with the “here” of a French family captive to mainstream media.

Preceded by Sang titre Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville (2020) 10 mins – Unclassified 15+. A special version of the pair’s 2002 Dans le noir du temps re-edited for audiences living under occupation in Gaza and the West Bank.