Saturday, November 9, 5:00 PM EST - in person 👍🏽Big Thanks to Great Falls Harvest Restaurant, 50 3rd Street Turners Falls, for hosting us !!! 🍁🍂 We gather at the restaurant Community Room, Great Market Falls (to the right of Pipione’s Sport Shop) 109 Avenue A, Great (Turners) Falls MA

Film Screening, Dinner and Discussion “Where Olive Trees Weep”

➡️5:00. Gather & Order Dinner

➡️5:30. Film followed by Dinner and discussion.

🎞Film Synopsis: 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?

🇵🇸Trailer: Where Olive Trees Weep: Official Trailer (2024)

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🍲🍽 Menu link: Dinner Menu - Great Falls Harvest 🚘Free parking next to restaurant. 🚍Nearest bus is 23, stop at L Street and 4th. 🪙Donations to continue our night’s activities are appreciated.