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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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Ty Burr Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack) 7 hrs ago
3.5/4
A movie that makes a case for its subject's legacy with as much force and clarity as Raoul Peck’s James Baldwin doc “I Am Not Your Negro.” Go to Full Review Murtada Elfadl Variety 7 hrs ago
“Edward Said : Between Worlds” is exactly what you might expect of a documentary taking on such a renowned and respected intellectual. But that not make it less powerful. It’s a necessary document, arriving at the right time. Go to Full Review 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 Christopher Llewellyn Reed Hammer to Nail 12 hrs ago
It’s a complicated film about a complex individual, who asks us to consider the question, "Who owns history?" Go to Full Review Peter Keough Arts Fuse Oct 15, 2026
A bureaucratic dispute epitomizes the dilemma faced by the subject of Maiken Baird’s thorough, engrossing, and conventional Edward Said: Between Worlds. Go to Full Review Will Bjarnar InSession Film Oct 13, 2026
B-
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 Read all reviews

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Maiken Baird

Director

Yasser Arafat

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Edward Said

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Maiken Baird

Producer

Sarah Mowaswes

Producer

Razan Ghalayini

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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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