After our iftar dinner, join us for a community screening of Where the Wind Blows, a meditative short documentary about one family’s ancestral ties to the olive tree. This film recently won best short documentary at the Arab Film Festival and is currently on the festival circuit. Stay for a post-screening discussion with the director, Hana Elias, and one of the film’s participants, moderated by Daleelah Saleh. 

As we celebrate the olive tree, we invite you to a bazaar where you can purchase 100% natural olive oil soap from Al-Badr Soap Factory in Nablus, Za’atar spice from the hills of Sebastia village, and other products direct from Palestine. All sales will go to Wa’ad Mutual Aid, a volunteer collective that uses a direct person-to-person approach to give cash assistance to families affected by violence in the Northern West Bank. More than 30,000 Palestinians have been displaced in Wa’ad’s network in the past month, let’s give strength to families on the frontlines of Israeli aggression ✊🇵🇸

Synopsis: After building a life in New York City, Nassib returns to his Palestinian hometown after 50 years to revive an ancestral garden. His daughter, Hana captures her whole family’s search for belonging as she intimately films the rituals and practices around their first olive harvest. 

About the director: 

Hana is a Palestinian-American filmmaker from Brooklyn whose work supports stories of underrepresented communities as they envision alternative realities. As a journalist she has published in outlets like The Nation, +972 Magazine, and 7iber, exploring the intersection of environmental justice and colonial violence. As a former 2024 video fellow with Democracy Now! She produced segments highlighting grassroots politics and student movements. Her latest short documentary, “Where the Wind Blows”, winner of the 2022 IF/Then x The Redford Center Nature Access Pitch, has garnered awards and is touring in festivals globally. Currently, Hana is expanding “Where the Wind Blows” into a feature-length film, “If These Stones Could Talk”

The ticket includes a soup or beverage.
Iftar is $20, charged separately. (Starts at 6:15PM, paid onsite)