Where Olive Trees Weep
Hosted by The Star and Shadow cinema
In-person
When
Jan 17, 7:00 PM GMT
Where
Warwick Street
Warwick Street, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, NE2 1BB
Price
Free Screening
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About the event
The film will be shown by popular demand and will be part of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign activities to support the oppressedand to raise awareness
About the film
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 witness Dr. Gabor Maté offering trauma-healing work for a group of women who have been 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?
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
1h 44m
Released
2024
Director
Zaya Benazzo, Maurizio Benazzo
Producer
Zaya Benazzo, Maurizio Benazzo, Finley MacNeil
Executive Producer
Ashira Darwish
Crew
Caroline Campbell, Maral Quttieneh, Nickoloz Kachibaia, Yasen Stoev
About the space
Star & Shadow Cinema is a completely volunteer-run DIY venue based in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England.
We are an arts, music, cinema and community space set up as a cooperative that anyone can join.
We are housed in a building that we own and built. We have a 80 seater cinema, 200 capacity music venue, cafe, library, dark room, print room, garden, workshop, kitchen, changing places toilet and an online radio station.
Our programming is dedicated to independent grass-roots culture.
No-one is paid to run the Star & Shadow. There are no bosses or managers, just working groups, collective meetings, consensus decision making and a heavy dose of honest disorganisation. The building is run and programmed by its members and volunteers.
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