O, Persecuted ( Basma Alsharif, 2014)

Basma AlsharifsO, Persecutedconfronts layers of history and ideology emanating from a recently restored 1974 Palestinian militant film. The grainy blackandwhite images often appear hidden, barely glowing from beneath a thick, perhaps painted surface, which a performer methodically removes over the course of the There is an outburst of energy as the film shifts registers and shows a series of wildly energetic beach party images. Alsharif diagnoses a troubling uncertainty and disengagement in youth which slingshots from the past to the present day. James Hansen