J Street Midwest Presents: "Naila and the Uprising" Film Screening and Discussion
with Suhad Babaa
Human rights advocate, media strategist and executive director of Just Vision
DATE: Sunday, May 24
TIME: 3pm Central | Screening
4:30pm Central | Post-screening discussion with Suhad Babaa
Zoom information and a link to watch the film will be provided closer to this event.
DETAILS: Join J Street Midwest for a screening of Naila and the Uprising, followed by a discussion with executive producer Suhad Babaa.
If you are unable to join for the collective screening but would still like to attend the post-screening discussion, we will send you information on how to watch the film beforehand.
CONTACT: Ari Rothman at ariana@jstreet.org
ABOUT THE FILM: When a nationwide uprising breaks out in 1987, a woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine network of women in a movement that forces the world to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination for the first time.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Suhad Babaa is a media strategist, producer, human rights advocate and the executive director of Just Vision, an organization that researches, documents and disseminates the stories of Palestinians and Israelis working to end the occupation and build a future of freedom, dignity and equality for all. Suhad leads Just Vision’s journalistic efforts as the co-director of the award-winning Hebrew-language news site Local Call and executive produced their acclaimed feature-length documentary, Naila and the Uprising.
with Suhad Babaa
Human rights advocate, media strategist and executive director of Just Vision
DATE: Sunday, May 24
TIME: 3pm Central | Screening
4:30pm Central | Post-screening discussion with Suhad Babaa
Zoom information and a link to watch the film will be provided closer to this event.
DETAILS: Join J Street Midwest for a screening of Naila and the Uprising, followed by a discussion with executive producer Suhad Babaa.
If you are unable to join for the collective screening but would still like to attend the post-screening discussion, we will send you information on how to watch the film beforehand.
CONTACT: Ari Rothman at ariana@jstreet.org
ABOUT THE FILM: When a nationwide uprising breaks out in 1987, a woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine network of women in a movement that forces the world to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination for the first time.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Suhad Babaa is a media strategist, producer, human rights advocate and the executive director of Just Vision, an organization that researches, documents and disseminates the stories of Palestinians and Israelis working to end the occupation and build a future of freedom, dignity and equality for all. Suhad leads Just Vision’s journalistic efforts as the co-director of the award-winning Hebrew-language news site Local Call and executive produced their acclaimed feature-length documentary, Naila and the Uprising.