You are invited to the Savoy Theater for a film series sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace VT-NH. Films will be screened the first and third Sundays in January and February, from 4 to 6 PM. Discussions will follow.

See you at the movies!

Sunday, January 5, 4 to 6 p.m. Savoy Theater, Montpelier
--The Nakba (Vox, 2023, 16 minutes)
This documentary reviews the history of the region from the early 1900s to the Palestinian Nakba ("Catastrophe") of 1948, the year Israel was created.

--Tantura (Directed by Alon Schwartz, 2022, 94 minutes)
Tantura was one of hundreds of Palestinian villages destroyed by Jewish soldiers in 1948. This Israeli documentary exposes the public shaming of Teddy Katz, a Jewish graduate student who chronicled the tragedy of Tantura in his graduate dissertation.

Sunday, January 19, 4 to 6 p.m. Savoy Theater, Montpelier
--The Present (Directed by Farah Nabulsi, 2020, 24 minutes)
A work of guerilla filmmaking, The Present tells the story of Yusuf, who must pass through a West Bank checkpoint with his daughter to buy his wife a gift. But nothing is ever easy under military occupation for Palestinians who must navigate checkpoints daily to survive.

--Lyd (Directed by Rami Younis and Sara Ema Friedland, 2024, 79 minutes)
Historical and "speculative," this film excavates the history of Lyd, an ancient city whose Arab residents were violently displaced by Israeli forces during 1948, then renamed Lod. It also imagines an alternative reality of a Palestine that was never colonized by Zionist Jews. A Vermont premiere.

Sunday, February 2, 4 to 6 p.m., Savoy Theater, Montpelier
--From Ground Zero (2024, Official Palestine Submission to the 2025 Academy Awards, 115 minutes)
A blend of animation, documentary realism, and fiction, this film is a compilation of stories from 22 Palestinian filmmakers living through war and forced expulsion in Gaza following the attacks of October 7, 2023. It is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the will to live.

Sunday, February 16, 4 to 6 p.m., Savoy Theater, Montpelier
We Teach Life, Sir (2011, 5 minutes)
A stirring performance by spoken-word artist Rafeef Ziadah, a Palestinian-Canadian poet and human rights activist.

Where Olive Trees Weep (Directed by Zaya and Maurizo Benasso, 2024, 103 minutes) A Vermont premiere.
This film narrates the struggles and steadfastness of Palestinians living under occupation for decades. It features interviews with Palestinian journalist and therapist Ashira Darwish, Israeli journalist Amira Hass, Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, and world-renowned trauma expert, Dr. Gabor Mate'.

Event Info

Dec 24, 2024, 3:50 to 5 PM

Dec 26, 2024, 6 to 9 PM

Dec 27, 2024, 6 to 9 PM