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Borrowing its title from the author's 2000 memoir, Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said traces the life and work of Edward Said (1935-2003), the Palestinian-born intellectual who wrote widely on history, literature, music, philosophy, and politics. Filmed in Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, and the U.S., this feature-length documentary traces Said's childhood influences and celebrates his intellectual legacy, the importance of his work in literary criticism and postcolonial studies, and his role as an independent member of the Palestinian National Council.