Name: SFOP Where Olive Trees Weep Film Screening
Start: 2024-12-06T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-12-06T23:00:00+00:00
Location: Thomas Wall Centre

SFOP Where Olive Trees Weep Film Screening

The struggles & resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, & the quest for justice.
About this Event

Please join Sutton Friends of Palestine for this powerful and transformative film screening at the historic Thomas Wall Centre in Sutton. Post-film reflections and discussion will follow the screening. Due to the heavy nature of the topic, we recommend this event for ages 16+ with parental attendance. The film will start at 8PM.

We will be serving non-alcoholic refreshments including tea, coffee, juice, Salam Cola, and homemade cakes.
The SFOP Merchandise Stall will be open too - we accept card & cash payments/donations.
This event is fundraising for who are also delivering projects in Gaza. We will be hearing from one of their representatives on the evening.
For your comfort, we recommend you bring a cushion for the bucket-style seats.
There is some limited free parking at this accessible venue which also benefits from being a short walk from several bus routes.

ABOUT WHERE OLIVE TREES WEEP - please on their website and browse their too and watch the trailer below.

Filmed in the West Bank in 2022, Where Olive Trees Weep offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice.

We follow, among others, Palestinian journalist and therapist Ashira Darwish, grassroots activist Ahed Tamimi, and Israeli journalist Amira Hass. We witness Dr. Gabor Maté offering trauma-healing work for a group of women who have been tortured in Israeli prisons.

Ancient landscapes bear deep scars, having witnessed the brutal reality of ancestral land confiscation, expulsions, imprisonment, home demolitions, water deprivation, and denial of basic human rights.

Yet, through the veil of oppression, we catch a glimpse of resilience—deep roots that have carried the Palestinian people through decades of darkness and shattered lives. This emotional journey bares the humanity of the oppressed while grappling with the question: what makes the oppressor so ruthlessly blind to its own cruelty?