[Indigsol] uOTTAWA CINEMA ACADEMICA FILM NIGHT ON PALESTINE ("ARNA'S CHILDREN") - FRIDAY JANUARY 9TH 7:30PM

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JOIN US THIS FRIDAY AT CINEMA ACADEMICA FEATURING A FILM HOSTED BY STUDENTS AGAINST ISRAELI APARTHEID (CARLETON)
 
What:  Free Film Arna's Children, followed by discussion
When: Friday January 9th 2009, 7:30pm (doors open 7pm)
Where: University of Ottawa, MacDonald Hall auditorium (MCD 146), 150 Louis Pasteur Street.
 
 
ARNA’S CHILDREN(Palestine / 2003 / 84 minutes / Arabic and Hebrew, with English subtitles)http://www.arna.info/Arna/Discussion hosted by : Students Against Israeli Apartheid: CarletonSpecial guest appearance and presentation…Arna's Children tells the story of a theatre group that was established byArna Mer Khamis. Arna comes from a Zionist family and in the 1950s marrieda Palestinian Arab, Saliba Khamis. On the West Bank, she opened analternative education system for children whose regular life was disruptedby the Israeli occupation. The theatre group that she started engagedchildren from Jenin, helping them to express their everyday frustrations,anger, bitterness and fear. Arna's son Juliano, director of this film, wasalso one of the directors of Jenin's theatre. With his camera, he filmedthe children during rehearsal periods from 1989 to 1996. Now, he goes backto see what happened to them. Yussef committed a suicide attack in Haderain 2001, Ashraf was killed in the battle of Jenin, Alla leads a resistancegroup. Juliano, who today is one of the leading actors in the region,looks back in time in Jenin, trying to understand the choices made by thechildren he loved and worked with. Eight years ago, the theatre was closedand life became static and paralysed. Shifting back and forth in time, thefilm reveals the tragedy and horror of lives trapped by the circumstancesof the Israeli occupation.
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uOTTAWA CINEMA ACADEMICA (uCA)A documentary film and discussion series offered by the University of Ottawa.A complement to several University courses.Open to the public. All welcome.PLEASE JOIN US!Every Friday, MacDonald Hall auditorium (MCD 146), 150 Louis Pasteur Street.Doors open at 7pm, film starts at 7:30pm.
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