IN CINEMA
Fundraiser for Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
GAZA GHETTO: PORTRAIT OF A PALESTINIAN FAMILY
Tickets: $15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price
Wednesday, April 3 at 7PM
Joan Mandell, PeÅ Holmquist, Pierre Bjorklund, 1984, 82 min. 16mm
GAZA GHETTO, the first documentary film made in Gaza, highlights the historical precedents that fuel the current cycles of violence and continue at the heart of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Intimate scenes of family life (a child born, a grandmother dies) in Jabalia, the largest Palestinian refugee camp, are intercut with visits to the architects of the Israeli military occupation. Ariel Sharon, Benyamin Beneliezar and soldiers on patrol candidly discuss their responsibilities. GAZA GHETTO shows how the roots of the Palestine-Israel conflict influence today's harsh realities and dreams of peace, justice and stability. 16mm print courtesy of Sebastian Di Trolio.
Please join us for this special 16mm film screening and fundraiser in support of the Palestinian struggle. Proceeds from the show support Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.
Post-screening Q&A with Nasri Zacharia and Munir Atalla
Munir Atalla is a Palestinian-American writer and filmmaker with roots in Jordan and Texas. Informed by his background as an investigative reporter, Munir’s narrative work explores unique subcultures across continents and time with a journalistic eye for detail and nuance. He has completed an MFA in film at Columbia University, where he wrote and produced several shorts, which have played at numerous places including The Aspen Shorts Fest, The New Yorker Screening Room, BlackStar Film Festival, and Atlas Obscura. Munir is a graduate of the Writers’ Assistant track of the 2022 WGI Support Staff Training Program. He’s currently based in Brooklyn, New York where he spent so much time with his head in the clouds that he literally made a movie about pigeons.
Nasri Zacharia is a New York based artist, filmmaker, curator and educator. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the University of California at Davis, and earned his MFA in directing and cinematography from New York University’s Graduate Film School. He has studied under such world-class artists as Malaquias Montoya, Spike Lee, Nancy Savoca, Raoul Peck and Vilmos Zsigmond. Zacharia’s artwork has appeared in shows throughout the US, Europe and the Middle East and his film work has appeared at Cannes and Sundance and taken awards at the HBO Acapulco, Fort Lauderdale, and Urban World Film Festivals. He is also a co-founder and the Program Director of the 19th Annual Harlem International Film Festival.
