Naila and the Uprising
+Post-Film Discussion
+Palestine
Friday, 9/28
1:15 p.m.
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Join us after the film for a discussion with Impact Producer for Naila and the Uprising, Emma Alpert, and former director of the Arab Film Festival Mohannad Ghawanmeh.
AND AN IMAGE WAS BORN
Firas Khoury
experimental short / animation
9 mins / 2017
Palestine
Arabic with English subtitles
US premiere
Razi, a two-year-old Palestinian child, loves to hear the story of “The Monster.” The tale is an allegory of the Palestinian situation, but Razi is too young to understand its political significance; he just wants to imagine and live through its details over and over again.
Festivals and Awards:
Jury Prize for Best Short Documentary, Festival des Cinémas Arabes, France, 2018
Haifa Independent Film Festival, Palestine, 2018
International Festival of Latin Arab Cinema, Argentina, 2017
Firas Khoury is a Palestinian scriptwriter and director. He graduated with a BA in cinema and has several short films to his credit, including the award-winning Seven Days in Deir Bulus (2007) and Yellow Mums (2010). His work has screened in numerous festivals around the world and been broadcast on multiple TV channels, including ARTE.
NAILA AND THE UPRISING
Julia Bacha
documentary
77 mins / 2018
US
English, Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles
Minnesota premiere
When the First Intifada, a nation-wide uprising, breaks out in 1987, a woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family, and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three and joins a clandestine network of women in a movement that forces the world to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination. This engaging film revolves around the remarkable story of Naila Ayesh, an activist who has spent years building the infrastructure for women’s economic independence and self-sufficiency for all Palestinians under Israeli occupation. Evocative under-camera animation, intimate interviews, and exclusive archival footage bring out of anonymity the courageous women who shook the Israeli occupation.
Festivals and Awards:
Karam Beirut Human Rights Film Festival, Lebanon, 2018
Fajr International Film Festival, Iran, 2018
Doc NYC Festival, US, 2018
Julia Bacha is a Peabody and Guggenheim award-winning filmmaker, media strategist, and the creative director at Just Vision, a nonprofit that highlights the power of Palestinians and Israelis working to end the occupation and build a future of freedom, dignity, and equality. Since graduating from Columbia University, she has used documentary film and multimedia to foster conversations on the divisive issues of our times.
