The Satellite Shooters

The Satellite Shooters

 

ABOUT THE FILM

Using the conventions of the Western genre, "The Satellite Shooters" satirically tells the story of Tawfiq, a young Palestinian boy in Texas trying to find his place in America, and The Kid, a local gunslinger. The film is a critique of the imagination that the Western arises from -- that fantasy land wherein masculine idealizations and racial hierarchies lead to the prevailing cowboy hero and his stunted sidekick.

 
 
 
 

Annemarie Jacir -- 16’, English/Arabic with English Subtitles (USA/Palestine: 2001)