SUNDAYS, APRIL 7, 14, 21, 28, 4-6 PM
LATCHIS THEATER, BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT
Admission by donation - APRIL 7 – THEME: THE NAKBA & ITS LEGACY
Special guest Sarah E. Jenkins, professor of Animation, Creative Arts, and Visual Culture at Hampshire College, will introduce the program.
Framed: The Politics of Stereotypes in the News (2017), 3 min. Produced by Al Jazeera English; narrated by Sorious Samura, Emmy-winning investigative journalist from Sierra Leone
This animated short describes how "Orientalism," a term coined by renowned Palestinian-American Edward Said, perpetuates myths and creates false narratives about people from other cultures. The film challenges us to "unlearn" stereotypes portrayed in the media.
The Nakba: How Palestinians Were Expelled from their Homes (2023), 16 min. - A documentary by Vox Media; archival photographs, films, documents; interviews; and animation
This film recounts the history of Palestinians starting in the early 1900s when the region was controlled by the Ottoman Empire. It explains how the British joined forces with Arabs to defeat the Ottomans, but then betrayed the Arabs and gave the land to Zionists through the Balfour Declaration. It highlights the massacre at Deir Yassin and explains how hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes in 1948.
The Tower (2018), 74 min. Director: Mats Grorud, a Norwegian animator who volunteered in a Palestinian refugee camp near Beirut; co-writer: Dina Matar, chair, Centre for Palestine Studies, University of London
This animated film features a girl named Wardi and her extended family who have lived in a Lebanese refugee camp since her great-grandfather Sidi was forced to flee his home in Galilee in 1948. When Sidi gives Wardi the key to his home, she fears that he has lost hope of returning. She searches for his lost hope by collecting stories from three generations of her family.
More info: SoVT4Palestine - Palestine Film Series / News article: April film series brings Palestinian voices to Brattleboro | Entertainment | reformer.com / Contact: sovt4palestine@gmail.com