April 17th Event - Palestinian Prisoners Day Film Festival

Palestinian Prisoners Day Film Festival

Free films on Palestine, all day!

Thursday, April 17
1 pm - 9 pm
Peterborough Public Library Auditorium (345 Aylmer St North)
Wheelchair accessible space

SPECIAL UPDATE! As part of the film festival, Dawn Smith will be joining us from Six Nations and will speak on the land reclamation struggles addressed in a new film, The Dish With One Spoon, 7p.m. - 9 p.m.

WEAR BLACK to show your solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners!

Zatoun fair trade olive oil and soap from Palestine will be sold


FILM SCHEDULE

1:00 – 2:45 - Occupation 101
2:45 – 3:00 - Break
3:00 – 3:30 - A Caged Bird's Song
3:30 – 4:15 - Azmi Bishara's address to Israeli Apartheid Week in South Africa
4:15 – 4:30 - Break
4:30 – 5:00 - Short talk on Palestinian Political Prisoners
5:00 – 6:00 - The Iron Wall
Short film programme:
6:00 – 6:10 - The Easiest Targets
6:10 – 6:20 - Clip from "We" – Arundhati Roy on the Israel/Palestine Conflict
6:20 – 6:30 - Clip from Ilan Pappe's March 29 address in Vancouver – "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine"
6:30 – 6:40 - Clip from Naomi Klein's keynote address at Canada's first Independent Canadian Jewish Conference – "Israel, Don't Act Normal"
6:40 – 7:00 - Break (light dinner will be provided)
7:00 – 9:00 - Evening Presentation: Indigenous Political Prisoners in Turtle Island. A talk with Dawn Smith from Six Nations on Caledonia/Kanonhstaton + screening of The Dish With One Spoon, a new documentary by Dr. Dawn Martin-Hill

Sponsored by the Trent Film Society.

For more info on Palestinian prisoners, visit these links:

Sumoud :: A Political Prisoner Solidarity Group
Palestine Monitor fact sheet on Prisoners

Action Palestine Campaign: Palestinian Prisoners Day

Addameer Prisoners' Support and Human Rights Association

"Building Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners, Resisting Israel's Criminalization of Life" by Kole Kilibarda

"The Crisis for Palestinian Political Prisoners" by Kristin Ess