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7 p.m. Mideast Focus Film Series presents: The Present

May 21, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

THE PRESENT

The MEFM is pleased to present the latest film by Fara Nabulsi, whose films were featured in last year’s film series.

On his wedding anniversary, Yusef (Saleh Bakri) and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?

Learn more here.

This short film will be paired a selection of other short films from If Americans Knew.

with special guests: Jennifer Bing, American Friends Service Committee, and Micha Kurz, Co-founder of “Breaking the Silence” and Grassroots Jerusalem

Details

Date:
May 21, 2021
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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