BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:253@test.arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150421T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150421T200000 DTSTAMP:20150128T233113Z URL:https://test.arabamerica.com/events/oranges-clockwork-film/ SUMMARY:"The Orange's Clockwork" Film DESCRIPTION:Screening of Jaffa – The Orange’s Clockwork\, director: E yal Sivan (2010)\, Israel\, Arabic/Hebrew/English\, English subtitles\, 88 min) and Civil Alliance\, Palestine 47-48\, director: Ariella Azoulay (2012) Israel/Palestine (Arabic\, English subtitles\, 50 min). Presented by Ariella Azoulay.\n\nThis event is part of  “1948 – Once Upon a Pa lestine\,” a film series curated by Ariella Azoulay\, Assistant Profess or of Comparative Literature and Modern Culture.\n\nAbout Jaffa – The O range’s Clockwork:\n\nThis film gives a rich visual history of the worl d-reknown citrus fruit brand – “Jaffa Oranges” – originating from Palestine and exported worldwide since the 19th century. The history of th e orange\, as depicted by Sivan\, is the history of Palestine. Orange grov es and the citrus fruit trade were spaces of rich collaboration between Ar abs and Jews\, until 1948. Jaffa’s orange was one of many symbols used i n Zionist discourse to epitomize the “desert we have made bloom.” Base d on photographic and cinematographic documents\, some going back as far a s to the 19th century\, Sivan’s film shows the orange groves at a time w hen Jaffa was one of Palestine’s most populated and thriving cities.\n\n About Civil Alliance\, Palestine 47-48:\n\nBetween November 1947 (The Par tition Plan by the UN) and May 1948 (The creation of the State of Israel)\ , many Jewish and Arab communities who cared for their country intensified negotiations between themselves and initiated urgent encounters\, some sh ort and spontaneous\, others planned meticulously to the last detail\, dur ing which the participants raised demands\, sought compromises\, set rules \, formulated agreements\, made promises\, sought forgiveness\, and made e fforts to compensate and reconcile. Their shared purpose was to prevent th e rising violence in the area from taking over their lives. They sought to protect the common world of their life in Palestine and to salvage it fro m those who wished to destroy it. Around a map of Mandatory Palestine\, th irty Arabs and Jews of varying ages\, speaking Hebrew and Arabic\, recite the archival documents depicting these events.\n\n \;\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://test.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/01/jaffa-1948-spring-poster-copy-341x512.jpg CATEGORIES:Film LOCATION:Joukowsky Forum\, Watson Institute\, 111 Thayer St\, Providence\, RI\, 02906\, United States GEO:41.8244012;-71.39999160000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=111 Thayer St\, Providence\ , RI\, 02906\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Joukowsky Forum\, Watson Institute:geo:41.8244012,-71.39999160000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR