Radical Women Film Night - Naila and the Uprising

Naila and the UprisingIn December 1987, occupied Palestine exploded in an uprising to combat Israel’s repressive occupation, exposing Israel’s brutality to the world. Known as the First Intifada, the series of massive demonstrations, labour strikes, and a boycott of Israeli products lasted nearly six years. In Naila and the Uprising we see the women — like student organiser and young mother, Naila Ayesh — who launched, led and sustained this historic event. We witness the force of a dual struggle for national and gender liberation, which remains ongoing today.

Guest speakers will add their perspectives:

* Mai Saif is a Palestinian feminist, longtime activist and community organiser. She is a member of Free Palestine Melbourne and the Palestinian Community Association of Victoria

* A refugee from the genocide in Tamil Eelam, Rathy Barthlote is a leader of the historic fight for permanent visas. She is a founder of Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality, which is co-leading Melbourne's 24/7 refugee encampment outside the Office of Home Affairs.

* Sarah is a Syrian filmmaker and facilitator of Queer Arabs Australia’s Zyara project, an Arabic social support group.

* Standing in solidarity with Palestine, Basem "Bas" Kerbage is a human rights activist and founder of Queer Arabs Australia, Australia's first national group supporting LGBTQIA+ Arab & Middle East North Africa (MENA) communities.This is a fundraiser for Radical Women’s grassroots revolutionary organising.

Tickets are $25 solidarity, $15 waged, $10 unwaged for the program and a delicious spread of food. Bar is separately available at the venue. During the evening, funds will be raised through a special raffle for the Palestinian-led International Solidarity Movement, which engages in the popular resistance against Israel’s occupation and oppression. On 6 September IMF volunteer, Ayşenur Eygi, became one of 17 demonstrators murdered by the Israeli army in Beita, Nablus in the West Bank.

Black Spark Cultural Centre
126A Gladstone Avenue, Northcote 3070

For more info contact rw.aus@radicalwomen.org