Fundraiser for Palestine - Lifting the Veil: Palestine in Jocelyne Saab’s Cinema

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• Sunday, Mar 10, 2024  6pm

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Fundraiser for Palestine - Lifting the Veil: Palestine in Jocelyne Saab’s Cinema
Sunday, March 10, 2024
6pm
Admission: $10-100, sliding scale

Please join us for our second fundraiser to support the people of Palestine during this terrifying time of seige. This screening was organized by filmmakers and film scholars, Amy Reid and Raed Rafei.

Jocelyne Saab (1948-2019) was a Lebanese filmmaker who dedicated a large part of her career to struggles for self-determination in places like Palestine, Western Sahara and Kurdistan. Between 1974 and 1982, she made a dozen films centered around Palestinians during the Lebanese civil conflict including women resistance fighters, the situation in refugee camps and Israeli invasions of Southern Lebanon. Moving between a journalistic approach and an essayistic, personal style, Saab captured moments that were central to the experience of Palestinians in Lebanon, notably the 1982 siege of Beirut, the departure of the fedayeen from Lebanon and the exile of Arafat and other PLO leaders aboard the Greek cruise ship Atlantis.

Screening: The Palestinian Women (1974), Children of the War (1976), South Lebanon (History of a Besieged Village) (1976), Beirut, my city (1982) and The Ship of Exile (1982). Newly restored 16mm films will be screened as HD video files, provided by the Jocelyne Saab Association.

WARNING: Some of the films we will be screening contain distressing images of war.

The screening will be followed by a discussion moderated by Lebanese film scholar and maker Raed Rafei.

All proceeds will be donated to Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA for Peace).

DONATE TO MECA: If you are unable to attend this screening, but would like to make a direct donation to MECA, or if you would like to make an additional donation, you can do so here.