World People's Premiere - Where Olive Trees Weep
Sat 22 Jun 2024 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Sheerwater Youth Centre, GU21 5NS
Description
Join us for World People's Premiere screening - Where Olive Trees Weep
Where Olive Trees Weep offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice.
We follow, among others, Palestinian journalist and therapist Ashira Darwish, grassroots activist Ahed Tamimi, and Israeli journalist Amira Hass. We also witness Dr. Gabor Maté offer trauma-healing work to a group of women who were tortured in Israeli prisons.
Ancient landscapes bear deep scars, having witnessed the brutal reality of ancestral land confiscation, expulsions, imprisonment, home demolitions, water deprivation, and denial of basic human rights. Yet, through the veil of oppression, we catch a glimpse of resilience—deep roots that have carried the Palestinian people through decades of darkness and shattered lives.
This emotional journey bares the humanity of the oppressed while grappling with the question: what makes the oppressor so ruthlessly blind to its own cruelty?
Watch the trailer now
https://youtu.be/-VectWsWc1Q?si=2l4yI9thq-b-3rlT
Funds raised will be donated to Gaza Sunbirds.
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Student £0.00
Basic Donation £3.00
Friend's donation £5.00
Solidarity donation £7.50
Door opens at 7:15pm, please arrive before 7:30pm as talk will start at 7:30pm sharp.
Snacks and hot drinks will be provided.
Location
Sheerwater Youth Centre, GU21 5NS