Land of Canaan Online Sneak Preview
Hosted by Land of Canaan
Live Virtual
When
Aug 18, 8:05 PM EDT
Price
$3.00 USD per person
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About the event
Land of Canaan is an environmental portrait following Palestinian farmers and their olive trees, many over 1,000 years old, as living symbols of heritage, livelihood, and resilience. At a time when Palestinian land and livelihoods face ongoing threats and erasure, Land of Canaan illuminates what is at stake and why these traditions, ecosystems, and communities must be protected.
Join us for a post-screening discussion with Director Maggie Lemere, Dr. Nasser Abufarha, founder of Canaan Palestine and the Palestinian Fair Trade Association, and Vivien Sansour, founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, exploring land, food sovereignty, cultural preservation, and the work of protecting Palestine’s agricultural heritage.
Film is 87 minutes, presented with English subtitles.
Event Participants
Vivien Sansour
Founder, Palestine Heirloom Seed Library
Dr. Nasser Abufarha
Protagonist, Founder of Canaan Palestine
Maggie Lemere
Director, Land of Canaan
About the film
Land of Canaan is an award winning feature documentary offering a rare and intimate portrait of Palestinian farmers and their ancient olive trees — some more than 1,000 years old — as living symbols of heritage, livelihood, and resilience. At a time when Palestinian people, land and livelihoods face ongoing threats of erasure, the film illuminates what is at stake and why it must be protected.
LOGLINE: A Palestinian-American anthropologist returns to his ancestral homeland, where he finds the
olive oil industry in crisis and leads a community of farmers through fair trade, preserving a
powerful legacy of food sovereignty, agricultural heritage, and resilience.
Directed by Maggie Lemere
84 minutes, documentary, 2026, English and Arabic with English subtitles
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Genre
Documentary
Released
2026