Join us for this free film screening of “Where Should the Birds Fly?” (2013), presented by the Diverse Filmmakers Alliance (DFA) with Third World Newsreel and co-sponsored by The People’s Forum. The screening will be followed by a brief discussion and is the second in the Centering Palestine on Screen series.
Where Should the Birds Fly? (2013) is a film about the 2008 Israeli attack on Gaza–where a month of bullets, bombs, rockets, white phosphorus, tanks and bulldozers left 1,400 mostly civilians dead, and destroyed large swaths of Gaza–and reminds us that those attacks were not new then, and tragically, have become even more devastating today. Since October 2023, over 33,000 in Gaza have died, people are on the verge of starvation, and thousands of buildings have been destroyed.
This film by director Fida Qishta and edited by Gladys Joujou is a compelling and moving Palestinian film based on the story of two remarkable young women, the future of Palestine, who personify the struggle to maintain humanity, humor and hope, and to find some degree of normality in the brutal abnormality that has been imposed on them and the Palestinian people by Israel with United States support.
This event is free though attendees are encouraged to donate, which will go to Gazan journalists and Palestinian filmmakers. There is a go-fund-me campaign by filmmaker Fida Qishta to bring her family out of Gaza right now: https://www.gofundme.com/f/gaza-crisis-rescue-my-parents-act-now.
Tickets can be purchased here.
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