Foragers اليد الخضراء
A Film by Jumana Manna | Part of Falastin Film Festival
(Sat 25 May: 6:30pm)
Elderly Palestinians are caught between their right to forage their own land and the harsh restrictions imposed by their occupiers on the basis of preservation. Shot in the Golan Heights, the Galilee and Jerusalem, Foragers employs fiction, documentary and archival footage to portray the impact of Israeli "nature protection" laws on these customs. The restrictions prohibit the collection of the artichoke-like ’akkoub and za’atar (thyme), and have resulted in fines and trials for hundreds caught collecting these native plants.
Following the plants from the wild to the kitchen, from the chases between the foragers and the nature patrol to courtroom defences, Foragers (PG) captures the joy and knowledge embodied in these traditions alongside their resilience to the prohibitive law and raises questions around the politics of extinction - who determines what is made extinct and what gets to live on. The screening will be followed by a virtual Q&A with Rabea Eghbariah.
Genre: Documentary | Year of Release: 2022 | Original Languages: Arabic, Hebrew | Subtitles: English
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Jumana Manna was born in Princeton, USA and currently lives in Berlin, Germany. She is a Palestinian artist whose work shifts between sculpture and film, body and land, narrative and form. Her practice explores how power is articulated through relationships, often focusing on the body and materiality in relation to narratives of nationalism and histories of place.
Foragers co-writer Rabea Eghbariah is a human rights attorney completing his doctoral studies at Harvard Law School. He worked as an appellate public defender before joining the Haifa-based Adalah Legal Center, where he argued major Palestinian civil and political rights cases.
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Falastin Film Festival (FFF) is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit collective of Palestinians and allies dedicated to bringing Palestinian art to Edinburgh and Highland audiences. Palestinians are often summed up as an ‘occupied people,’ and spoken for, though they have their own stories to tell. Using cinema as a tool of resistance the festival strives to decolonize the narrative and equip audiences with historical context. There is a desire to build community while celebrating Palestinian art and culture through cinema, music, cuisine, and other storytelling mediums. Scotland’s exposure to Palestinian society, art, culture, and humanity altogether remains rather limited. FFF hopes to fill this gap, using both classical and contemporary cinema primarily but not exclusively. They strive to highlight Palestinian steadfast resistance, cultural preservation, stories of love, and in the words of poet Rafeef Ziadah, teachings of life. In so doing, they offer a refreshing portrayal that encompasses the geographic, linguistic, and experiential diversity of the Palestinian people globally.
Visit their website falastinfilmfest.com or follow them on social media @falastinfilmfest.
Tickets are on a Pay What You Can basis, please select from the options below. A booking fee of £1.50 is charged per transaction.
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Film
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£10.00 -
25 May 2024 -
64 minutes -
18:30 -
Scottish Storytelling Centre -
Netherbow Theatre -
12+
