Newcastle:Films for Palestine: 1948: Creation and Catastrophe

Arts, culture & social functions
Muloobinba/Newcastle

When

6:00pm Wednesday 13 December

Where

Slingtown Espresso
3 Beaumont St
Islington NSW 2296
Australia

Why

You are warmly invited to a Palestinian film night. Our hopes for this night are to come together in solidarity for Palestine, add to our understanding of the Palestinian struggle for freedom, and to gain confidence in talking about the unfolding catastrophe within our communities. This will be taking place on the lands of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples whose strength and resistance to colonisation has always been and continues today.

The film we have chosen has been generously made available by the to promote understanding of what is happening in Occupied Palestine. 

1948: Creation and Catastrophe

"Andy Trimlett and Ahlam Muhtaseb
Through moving personal recollections of both Palestinians and Israelis, 1948: Creation and Catastrophe reveals the shocking events of the most pivotal year in the most controversial conflict in the world. "

The film is not consistently captioned, and switches between English and Arabic. Please get in touch if you have any accessibility needs and we will do our best to solutionise with you!

To get a sense of numbers we are taking registrations through Humanitix. (Link coming). These are free but if you would like you can make a donation. Any funds raised on the night will be donated to Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN). 
T shirts will be available for sale also.

6pm start to land in the space, acknowledgement of country, and to share some information.
Film to start at 6:40pm.
Space will be held afterwards to chat for those who want. This is a safe space, therefore no racism, no antisemitism, no islamophobia, and no zionism will be tolerated.

Please byo cushion to sit on.

Looking forward to sharing space with you.

We will hold a 2nd film night on the 17th of January.

Gaza

"Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell.
A portrait of a people attempting to lead meaningful lives against the rubble of perennial conflict and going beyond the reach of television news reports to reveal a world rich with eloquent and resilient characters."

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