Directed by | Eyal Sivan
Genre: Documentary | Length: 86 mins | Year of production: 2009
Jaffa: The Orange’s Clockwork is the new film by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Eyal Sivan (Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel (with Michel Khleifi), The Specialist, Izkor: Slaves of Memory).
The film is a political essay excavating the entwined visual and political histories of that famous citrus fruit originating in Palestine and known worldwide as the "Jaffa Orange". While this orange has been translated into a symbol of the Zionist enterprise and even the state of Israel, for Palestinians it remains a powerful symbol of the loss and destruction of their homeland.
By exploring the visual history of this brand, the film reflects on western fantasies related to the ‘Orient’ and ‘Holy Land’. It asks after the brand’s attachment to the state of Israel and unveils an untold story of what was once a communal symbol and industry shared by Arabs and Jews in Palestine. Visually captivating and politically bold, Sivan’s latest weaves a tapestry of archival material and interviews, ultimately asking what the Jaffa Orange’s past might offer for the future in Palestine/Israel.
Source: Palestine Film Festival Foundation
Curator's note: This poster is an iteration of another poster in the Archives: See Ancient Beauty Revived
From: armellelaborie@googlemail.com
Subject: Re: Your poster...
Date: April 17, 2010 5:42:38 AM EDT
To: liberation@igc.orgHello Dan,
Thank you very much for your message and for your interest.
I am very happy that you like my work. Actually, it is almost my only one. Then, I don't have any URL to send you.
I had a look on your website which is beautifull.
All the best,
Armelle Laborie
2010/4/17 Dan Walsh
Hello Armelle,
Eyal sent me a jpeg of your poster...
I thought you'd like to see it at the PPPA page...
Do you have other political posters to your credit?
If you get a website send me the URL and I will add it to the page.
Great work!
Dan Walsh
http://www.palestineposterproject.org/poster/jaffa-the-orange039s-clockwork
Hi Again,
I’ve forgot to tell you that PPPA have a full credit and you personaly acknowledgments on the film’s credits.
I’ll send you all the images and posters you’ve ask for on a disc, as well as copies of my own Jaffa oranges poster archive.
Armelle Laborie is French and she doesn't’ have a web site but her mail is armellelaborie@gmail.com
I’m a great fun of PPPA so please do not hesitate to get back with any request.
All best
Eyal
Shalom, Shalom~
I added everything you sent. Check for mistakes.
http://www.palestineposterproject.org/poster/jaffa-the-orange039s-clockwork
This is now a very rich page...lots of good links and references. More and more teachers are using the PPPA site for classroom resources and we love that. They love to show films in schools. I am also looking to expand the Film/Cinema/MovieTheatre Special Collection.
I have these questions for you:
1) Can you send me 1mb jpegs for all the movies that relate to Palestine/Israel, like "Route 181" and "50 Dunums" and "Borderline Syndrome" and "Aqabat-Jaber" ... basically for ALL your movies and all the Palestine/Israel posters found at the Momento site?
If you can send me these, I will create PPPA pages for all of them. I will send the URL's to you as I finish each one. I can't use the jpegs that are at that site because they are much too small.
2) Can you include (3) copies of the posters for these films when you send the copies of "Jaffa - The Orange's Clockwork"? We keep one copy here and are building another permanent archives at Georgetown University's Lauinger Library as well. The copies you send don't get taped to some student's dorm wall: they become part of film history.
3) Can you send my email address to Armelle and let her know I would like to be in touch with her? If she has a web site I will link it...if she has done other posters...our viewers like to know the poster artists better than just their names. Also, you said she lives in Paris...so I listed her nationality as "French"...correct?
Here is my shipping address:
Liberation Graphics
Box 2863
Silver Spring, MD 20915 USA
Whenever you come to DC do look me up.
in cultural solidarity,
Dan
PS: If you can, we would like about 12 copies of the Orange's Clockwork poster each in English and French. We want to give them to some dignitaries, Congressmen, journalists as well as to have several framed.
From: liberation@igc.org
Subject: Jaffa The Orange's Clockwork page at the Palestine Poster Project Archives....
Date: April 16, 2010 11:15:36 AM EDT
To: e.sivan@uel.ac.ukShalom Eyal,
I can't wait to see this film!
Here is the page for it at the PPPA site:
http://www.palestineposterproject.org/poster/jaffa-the-orange039s-clockwork
Let me know if you see any errors or want to add any links.
Two questions:
1) Who is the graphic designer who worked on the poster?
2) Can you send me several copies of the poster for the permanent Archives?
Congratulations!
Dan Walsh
On Oct 22, 2009, at 7:27 AM, Eyal Sivan wrote:
Very dear All,
Im looking desperately for a good quality digital image of the enclosed painting: the spring that was by Ismail Shamout This is the very last Image still missing in order to finish my new film.
Even Shamouts Family do not have a good quality documentation of this painting.
Ill be very grateful if someone could send me a good image of it or give me a hint on where I can find it.
Thank you in all for your assistance
All best
Eyal
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Eyal Sivan
Filmmaker
Research Professor in Media Production
University of East London (UEL)
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Docklands campus; 4-6 University Way, London E16 2RD, UK
Office: +44 (0) 20 8223 7697
Mobile : +44 (0) 7 515 272 028
Mail : e.sivan@uel.ac.uk ; sivansmail@gmail.com
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University of East London (UEL)
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Docklands campus; 4-6 University Way,
London E16 2RD, UK
Office: +44 (0) 20 8223 7697
Mobile : +44 (0) 7 515 272 028
Mail : e.sivan@uel.ac.uk sivansmail@gmail.com
University personal web Page: http://www.uel.ac.uk/ssmcs/staff/eyal-sivan/index.htm
Films and DVD: http://www.momento-production.com/spip.php?rubrique2
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