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MMC45 05242024/ Gaza Ghetto: Portrait of a Palestinian Family Assistant Programmers: Anjali Gupta, Sandy Ali
$10 Admission. Proceeds go to Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
When: May 24th, 2024 Where: Trinosophes, 1464 Gratiot, Detroit, MI 48207 When: Doors: 7:30p, program: 8pm
Please join us for this special 16mm screening and fundraiser in support of the Palestinian struggle against the Zionist Occupation. In conjunction with The People's Conference for Palestine (May 24-26), as an official endorser, we call together all who condemn the genocide and oppression of the Palestinian people as we bear witness to the tyranny and violence of US imperialism and zionist occupation. We demand a ceasefire now and the total liberation of Palestine.
We are honored to have Umayyah Cable and Hannah Fahoome joining us who will provide context for the film and guide our post-screening discussion.
Umayyah Cable (they/them/their) is a Palestinian-American assistant professor of American culture and film, television, and media at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Their research and teaching interests span the fields of race and ethnic studies, film and media studies, decolonial feminisms, and queer theory, with a particular focus on the roles that art, film, and media play in the mobilization of Palestine solidarity politics in the United States. Their research has been supported through fellowships at Northwestern University and Harvard University, and their articles have been published in GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media, and The Journal of Palestine Studies.
Hannah E. Fahoome (she/her) is an independent filmmaker and scholar, and the director of Now Listen Here, Young Lady!! LLC. She directs, writes, and produces narrative films and music videos, in addition to teaching guest lectures on film philosophy, and hosting community film screenings. She currently holds the position of Social Media Specialist at the Arab American National Museum (AANM), and is working as the Program Coordinator of AANM's 19th annual Arab Film Festival.
New Day films writes:
“In the first documentary film made in Gaza, Gaza Ghetto (1984) highlights the historical precedents that fuel the current cycles of violence and continue at the heart of the Palestine-Israel conflict. Intimate scenes of family life (a child born, a grandmother dies) in Jabalia, the largest Palestinian refugee camp, are intercut with visits to the architects of the Israeli military occupation. Ariel Sharon, Benyamin Beneliezar and soldiers on patrol candidly discuss their responsibilities. Spend 82 minutes with the Abu el-Adel family and you will understand how the roots of the Palestine-Israel conflict influence today's harsh realities and dreams of peace, justice and stability.”
16mm print courtesy of Sebastian Di Trolio. Film by: PeA Holmquist, Joan Mandell, and Pierre Bjorklund
