08/09/2026
In May and July, I had the privilege of recording some of Edward Said’s favorite music by Schumann, Chopin, and Mozart for this beautiful documentary, Edward Said: Between Worlds. Produced by Sarah Mowaswes with composSarah Mowaswestom, it’s curreKareem Roustomal selection of the Toronto International Film Festival and others.
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, EDWARD SAID: BETWEEN WORLDS 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, Maiken Baird’s documentary portrait 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.