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Film Series: Eye on Palestine and Israel : Today's film is Arna’s Children (2004, 84 min) Directed by Juliano Mer-Khamis

  • Nahalat Shalom 3606 Rio Grande Boulevard Northwest Albuquerque, NM, 87107 United States (map)

The film's story focuses on a children's theater group in the West Bank town of Jenin during the
Second Intifada. Established by Arna Mer-Khamis. the director's mother, an Israeli Jew married to a Palestinian Muslim and wholly
devoted to political and human rights activism, the film documents the impact of the theater
experience on some of Jenin’s youth as they come of age and are forced to make difficult choices.
*Won Best Documentary
Film at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.
Minimum donation of $5 is requested to cover screening costs.

Screening followed by discussion led by Ann Morrison and Becky Gordon.