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Freehand Pen Scribble Peace Hand Gesture
Freehand Pen Scribble Peace Hand Gesture
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Bright Slice of Watermelon

Question:

“How can I resist the occupation after this protest?”

Answer:

Host a Palestinian Movie Night

Amplify Palestinian Voices

One friend at a time

  1. Pick a movie
  2. Invite your friends/family over for a movie night
  3. Capture the moment and tag @beyond.occupation and #MovieNightForGaza

Palestinian voices are seldom heard at all in North America, let alone in detail.

You can change that.

Movies to start with

Note: These three movies are fictional; however they reflect real-life events surrounding the exile, genocide, and occupation of Palestinians.


The Tower

1h 20m | Lebanon (camps)

Exile, refugee experience, hope


Follow Wardi, an 11 year old girl in the refugee camps of Lebanon, on her quest to find hope by learning about three generations of displacement to save her great-grandfather Sidi.



Watch on:

Amazon Prime

Apple TV

YouTube (licensed from studio)


The Present

24m | West Bank

Daily life under apartheid


An Oscar-nominated short film about Yusuf, a husband and a father, trying to navigate soldiers, checkpoints, and segregated roads to buy his wife a gift.



Watch on:

Netflix

Kanopy (free with library card)


Farha

1h 32m | 1948 Palestine

Nakba, war, survival


14-year-old Farha convinces her father to let her study in the city. But the onset of the Nakba shatters her dreams, as she witnesses genocide and war in hiding, and needs to figure out how to survive.


Watch on:

Netflix

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