Julian Samuel is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer and painter. He has produced and directed a number of films that examine the historical and contemporary relationship between the Western world, the Middle East and Asia set against larger subjects in contemporary society. Palestine's struggle for self-determination is a recurring theme in his work. Notable films include Atheism (2006), Save and Burn (2004) and The Library in Crisis (2002). [[McGill University and The University of Toronto have his archive of works. Biography Julian Samuel was born in Lahore, Pakistan. His family emigrated to the UK and then to Canada. After graduating from Trent University with a degree in literature, he established himself in Montreal from 1982 onwards. Samuel was awarded an MFA from Concordia University, where he subsequently taught at the graduate level, focusing on aesthetics in documentary filmmaking. He resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Career Samuel has made a number of films that examine the historical and contemporary relationship between the West, the Middle East and Asia set against larger subjects in contemporary society. Palestine's struggle for self-determination is a recurring theme in his work among other post-colonial themes. He is the author of Radius Islamicus (2018)Passage to Lahore (1995) and Lone Ranger in Pakistan (1986). On the book jacket of Passage to Lahore, Cameron Bailey, artistic director of the Toronto International Film Festival, writes "the bravest piece of writing to emerge from our carefully confused Canada...(T)he book is unafraid of anger, unafraid of ideas and unafraid of speaking the wrong thing." Passage to Lahore received mixed reviews upon its French release in Quebec. The book contains criticism of the Quebec provincial government's political agenda to preserve Quebecois culture resulting in a muting of minority representation in the arts. He is a frequent contributor to Serai, a Montreal-based not-for-profit web magazine focused on arts, culture and politics. Samuel is also an abstract expressionist painter. www.julianjsamuel.com Bibliography Radius Islamicus (2018) Guernica Editions Passage to Lahore (1995) The Mercury Press Lone Ranger in Pakistan (1986) Emergency Press Filmography 2014: Beulah in Lahore and other places 2009: Must Exit 2006: Atheism 2006: Played the role of Aashir in Carolyn Combs' film Acts of Imagination 2004: Save and Burn 2002: The Library in Crisis 1999: Lettres du Caire 1996: Into the European Mirror 1995: The City of the Dead and World Exhibitions 1993: The Raft of the Medusa 1984: Resisting the Pharaohs 1983: The