Exclusive Screening: Where Olive Trees Weep

Join us for an exclusive screening of the film “Where Olive Trees Weep”.

This will NOT be live streamed. The film is 104 minutes long. We will end with Salaat and a discussion.

Please be aware that this film explores graphic content of violence and is not suitable for children under 13 years old.

This is the latest in our series of Friday sessions on Gaza this year:

1. Chris Doyle, Caabu
2. Andrew Feinstein, former South African MP
3. Halla Keir, Medical Aid for Palestinians

More about the film

The film gives background to the current crisis in Israel/Palestine and brings to light the lives of people we met on our 2022 journey in the occupied West Bank. Their universally human stories speak of intergenerational pain, trauma and resilience.  We hope they touch your heart, stir compassion and understanding, and give rise to a pursuit for justice. For without justice, peace remains an empty slogan.

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 also witness Dr. Gabor Maté offer trauma-healing work to a group of women who were 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?

You can find out more on their website: https://whereolivetreesweep.com/about/