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SOLD OUT - GISC Film Screening. Where Olive Trees Weep

Documentary | Run time: 104 mins | 2024 | Director: Zaya Benazzo, Maurizio Benazzo
Friday, September 20, 2024
7:00-9:30 PM
Off Campus Location
Event Update: We have SOLD OUT of free tickets!

If you've already RSVP'd, expect a full house. If you can no longer attend, please let us know at [email protected] ASAP so we can open up your seat to someone else.

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GISC Film Screening. Where Olive Trees Weep
Documentary | Run time: 104 mins | 2024 | Director: Zaya Benazzo, Maurizio Benazzo
When: Friday, September 20th, 2024 | 7:00 PM ET
Where: The State Theatre, 233 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VectWsWc1Q
RSVP: https://bit.ly/OliveTrees920

Join the Global Islamic Studies Center on September 20th at 7:00 PM at the State Theatre for a screening of the new documentary film Where Olive Trees Weep (2024) featuring grassroots Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, Palestinian journalist and therapist Ashira Darwish, renowned physician and NYT bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté, journalist Amira Hass & more. This screening will be followed by a pre-recorded Q&A with the filmmakers.

Where Olive Trees Weep offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people, activists, and journalists under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice. We also see Dr. Gabor Maté offer trauma-healing work to a group of women who were tortured in Israeli prisons.

The film gives background to the current crisis in Israel/Palestine and brings to light the lives of people the filmmakers met on their 2022 journey in the occupied West Bank. These universally human stories speak of intergenerational pain, trauma, and resilience.

This event is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, Department of Middle East Studies, and Center for the Middle Eastern and North African Studies.

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If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact [email protected]. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
Building: Off Campus Location
Location: The State Theatre, 233 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Website:
Event Type: Film Screening
Tags: Documentary, Middle East Studies
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Global Islamic Studies Center, Department of Middle East Studies, International Institute, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The Global Islamic Studies Center organizes a number of public events each year such as lectures, conferences, and films, many in collaboration with other U-M units. Please use our searchable events calendar for information about upcoming programs sponsored by GISC and the Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS).