Join us for the New York City premiere of award-winning short film Angel of Gaza followed by a conversation with Director Ahmed Mansour

"Angel of Gaza" is the moving story of a Gazan family’s experience with war, separation, and diaspora. Told through the eyes and in the voice of the 7 year old daughter, Malak, we follow their journey of separation and the quest for reunion. Malak is a charismatic and articulate child who keeps a diary that she shares with us. When we first meet her in Gaza, her mother and younger brother have lived through the 2014 Israeli attack on Gaza, the departure of her father for the United States when she was just two, the Great March of Return, a series of weekly nonviolent protests by Gazans calling for their right to return to their lands in what is today Israel, and the highly restrictive and arbitrary control at the crossing point in Israel. The film then follows her family’s journey from Gaza to the United States to reunite with her father.

Director and award winning Gazan filmaker Ahmed Mansour will be in conversation afterwards to discuss the film and its relation to the current situation in Gaza. He will also share his new digital series that will explore the impact of the Gaza genocide on the coming Presidential election.

Date: Sat Mar 02 2024

Time: 16:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Location: 15 Rutherford Place, New York, NY, USA

This event is generously hosted by the Religious Society of Friends of 15th Street. Light refreshments will follow the screening and Q&A, All ticket proceeds go directly to Filista Films: a collective of activist filmmakers commited to telling stories of the Palestinian Diaspora.