When Are Films Political: When They’re by Marco Orsini

by Peter Belsito | October 22, 2012 10:00 AM Born to Puerto-Rican parents in San Juan, Marco Orsini was raised on a succession of U.S. military bases in the Far East and Europe before attending high school in the American South at the height of desegregation. The first feature film he directded, The Reluctant Traveler, documents […]

Woodstock Film Festival 2012: Dinner at the No-Go’s

No-Go’s Lookbook

“No-Gos The Movie” Lookbook

Lunch in the Palestinian refugee camps

Lunch in the Palestinian refugee camps A No-Go Lunch instead of a dinner. You may ask yourself but why? This is suppose to be a Dinner in the No-Gos. Though we were told by our host its possible to have a dinner, but that its probably better to have a lunch as there is no […]

Behind the Scenes – Palestinian Camps

Behind the Scenes – Palestinian Camps As Bilal drives Marco and himself to the next No-Gos, he reflects on what the camps in Lebanon mean to him.

Dinner in the No-Go’s Beirut TEASE

Dinner in the No-Go’s Beirut TEASE Sari El-Khazen and Johnny Farah discuss Israel at a No-Gos dinner party in Beirut

Lebannon

Lebanon When you think of Lebanon, what comes to mind? Civil War, Hezbollah, refugee camps, bombings? Lebanon is on the USA’s No-Go’s list for obvious, historical reasons. Recently, the government of the Prime Minister Saad Hariri (whose father, Rafic, then Prime Minister, was assassinated in 2005) collapsed, leaving the parliament without leadership. A veritable state […]

Amman Jordan

Amman Jordan Bilal and I recently visited Amman, Jordan, where we were guests at a dinner hosted by OJ (Osama Jumean). You might remember OJ from the dinner party in London. He’s the animated and passionate diner who loses his temper. We left Beirut International Airport for Amman, following an indirect flight path. Because Israel […]

Cannes Film Festival

The NO-GO’s Trailer Released for Cannes Film Festival The No-Go’s trailer premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where Marco and Bilal met with interested hosts from listed countries. Filmmakers and cultural officials from Tunisia, Jordan, Libya and Egypt participated, were eager to welcome our dinners, our conversations and our video-documentation.

Watch The NO-GO’s Trailer

Watch The NO-GO’s Trailer The No-Go’s Trailer was released at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where Marco and Bilal met to discuss future dinner parties with individuals from an array of affected countries.