Preview and Fundraiser for Motherhood in the Colony Film Project

Preview and Fundraiser for Motherhood in the Colony Film Project (in development)

Palestine Action group Garramailla invites you to join us to support the voices of First Nations and Palestinian mothers to be heard.

Please join us on Sunday the 18th August in Garramilla (Darwin) for food, preview, and discussion of the Motherhood in the Colony film project with Garramilla based filmmaker and cultural activist, Genevieve Grieves (Worimi). Genevieve together with other First Nations and Palestinian women based in Naarm explore their connections and shared struggles.

We will also launch a local Mums for Palestine group.

Cost: Entry and food by donation

Venue: Nightcliff Uniting Church

Time: 4.30pm-7.30pm

From https://garuwa.com/motherhood-in-the-colony

Motherhood is the transmission of wisdom across time and generations.

In post-referendum Australia, shaped by colonial violence and policies of erasure, 'Motherhood in the Colony' breaks barriers by facilitating an intimate cross-cultural exchange between First Nations and Palestinian women, unravelling stories of colonial trauma and emancipatory care and resistance while inviting audiences to listen, learn, and envision a future beyond the oppressive structures of the ongoing frontier.

Worimi filmmaker Genevieve Grieves and cultural activist, Aseel Tayah bring Palestinian and First Nations women — Sara Al Azhari, Paola Balla (Wemba Wemba and Gunditjmara), Lilly Brown (Gumbaynggirr), Mais Hijazi, Justice Nelson (Djaara, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta), Stacie Piper (Wurundjeri, Dja Dja Wurrung and Ngurai Illum-Wurrung) and Wejdan Shamala — together to explore their connections and shared struggles.

From the river to the sea. Always was, always will be.

Photograph by Rah Dakota