EDWARD SAID: BETWEEN WORLDS

Edward Said: Between Worlds 

108 minutes
USA/Qatar, 2026
Directed and produced by Maiken Baird

“I have the strongest belief that the historical and moral sufficiency of the Palestinian cause will finally outlast and outstrip any attempts to misrepresent it.”

—Edward W. Said, The Question of Palestine

Twenty-three years after his death, 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, Edward Said: Between Worlds traces his political awakening, personal struggles, and lifelong reckoning with being forced out of his homeland. Featuring never-before-seen material from the family archives, home movies, rare television appearances, lectures, and materials from Columbia University, the film spans seven decades, from Said’s childhood in Jerusalem to his death in New York City, asking who has the right to tell their own story.