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Edward Said: Between Worlds

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Twenty years after his death, renowned Palestinian-American scholar, musician, and intellectual Edward Said recounts the untold history of Palestine through sweeping archival footage and recordings. The first documentary made with full access to the Said family and estate, it traces his political awakening, personal struggles, and lifelong reckoning with exile. Featuring never-before-seen family archives, home movies, rare television appearances, lectures, and materials from Columbia University, the film spans seven decades, from his childhood in Jerusalem to his death in New York City, asking who has the right to tell their own story.

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Lovia Gyarkye The Hollywood Reporter Oct 5, 2026
Between Worlds smartly shapes itself around Said’s intellectual ideas without giving up the ease of a chronological timeline. Go to Full Review Will Bjarnar InSession Film 12 hrs ago
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At a time when there are masses only just learning that his homeland technically no longer exists, what better way to sustain his legacy than to let him tell us why it was significant in the first place? Go to Full Review David Katz The Film Stage 5 days ago
A concise primer on one of the most consequential academic thinkers of the late 20th century, and arrives to audiences more sensitized than ever to the Palestinian cause. Read @davidfabiankatz's #NYFF64 review: Go to Full Review Susan G. Cole POV Magazine 5 days ago
Maiken Baird’s profile of Edward Said, who taught comparative literature at Columbia, then toured America as a pro-Palestinian activist, makes you wish there were more people like him. Go to Full Review Pat Mullen POV Magazine 5 days ago
Creates a strange pretzelling of the literary theorist’s career. Go to Full Review Krithika MovieJawn Oct 2, 2026
I left this film with a sense of understanding and appreciation of the many different versions of Edward Said that existed throughout his lifetime. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Maiken Baird

Director

Maiken Baird

Producer

Sarah Mowaswes

Producer

Razan Ghalayini

Producer

Maiken Baird

Executive Producer

Jenny Raskin

Executive Producer
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Movie Info

Synopsis Twenty years after his death, renowned Palestinian-American scholar, musician, and intellectual Edward Said recounts the untold history of Palestine through sweeping archival footage and recordings. The first documentary made with full access to the Said family and estate, it traces his political awakening, personal struggles, and lifelong reckoning with exile. Featuring never-before-seen family archives, home movies, rare television appearances, lectures, and materials from Columbia University, the film spans seven decades, from his childhood in Jerusalem to his death in New York City, asking who has the right to tell their own story.
Director
Maiken Baird
Producer
Maiken Baird, Sarah Mowaswes, Razan Ghalayini
Production Co
Baird Films, Impact Partners, Louverture Films, Jigsaw Productions
Genre
Documentary, Biography
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 47m
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