SCREENING: WHERE OLIVE TREES WEEP

Please join us in uniting as a community to show solidarity with the Palestinian people. Together we can make a difference. Our vision is to inspire viewers to get involved, deepen their engagement - in taking action for palestinian freedom and for collective liberation.   

The film gives background to the current crisis in Israel-Palestine and brings to light the lives of people the film crew met on their 2022 journey in the occupied West Bank. Their universally human stories speak of intergenerational pain, trauma and resilience. We hope they touch your hearts, stir compassion and understanding and give rise to pursuit for justice, for without justice peace remains an empty slogan.

Cinema can be a powerful force for change. The aim is beyond mere education, rather it is to truly move hearts and minds, inspire audiences to echo the calls for freedom, equality and dignity that have gone unanswered for far too long.

The film is a modest contribution towards a dream to end the occupation of Palestine, the attainment of equal rights and fair treatment for Palestinian people and in the spreading of healing for all intergenerational cycles of trauma in the region.

About the Movie

Where Olive Trees Weep is a film that offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation.

The newly released documentary Where Olive Trees Weep is a beautiful, poignant, heartbreaking film about the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice. It also features Dr. Gabor Maté as he offers trauma-healing work to a group of Palestinian women tortured in Israeli prisons.

Ancient landscapes bear deep scars, having witnessed the brutal reality of ancestral land confiscation, expulsions, imprisonment, home demolitions, water deprivation, and denial of basic human rights. Yet, through the veil of oppression, we catch a glimpse of resilience—deep roots that have carried the Palestinian people through decades of darkness and shattered lives. This emotional journey bares the humanity of the oppressed while grappling with the question: 

What makes the oppressor so ruthlessly blind to its own cruelty?

Find out more about this important film... 

https://whereolivetreesweep.co…

Ticket prices are Pay What You Can and are offered on a sliding scale from $20-$50

All proceeds from this screening will be donated to Olive Kids.

https://olivekids.org.au/

You are welcome to make additional donations during the evening.

Film duration: 1h:44m

Film will start strictly at 6:30, please arrive 15 minutes prior to screening time.

Q&A session begins at 8:15 and concludes at 8:45.

Q&A Guests: 

• Amin Abbas Senior, a diaspora Palestinian activist and a founding  member and chair of the Australian Foundation for Palestinian Children, Olive Kids. Amin is a published writer on Palestine.
  

• Amin Abbas Junior, is the son and grandson of refugees from Jenin and Tiberius. Amin dreams of the day he returns to Palestine as a free and liberated man. 
  

This screening is being hosted by Hobsons Bay for Palestine. Come alone or come with friends and loved ones.

The Sun Theatre has disability access.