This event is SOLD OUT. Tickets remain available for other Chicago Palestine Film Festival events. I AM FROM PALESTINE director Iman Zawahry and producer Rifk Ebied scheduled to attend.
"A damning exposé of a nation unwilling to admit its primordial sins." - Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times
"When “Tantura” finally moves into its final act, the wider emotional ripple effects of its subject matter are difficult to avoid, as the question shifts from what is remembered to who is allowed to remember (and be remembered) in the first place." - Siddhant Adlakha, Indiewire
Saturday, May 13 at 6:00pm (SOLD OUT) | When Israeli graduate student Teddy Katz meticulously documented a massacre of Palestinian civilians surrounding Israel's independence, he was initially celebrated for his groundbreaking work. But soon, he was stripped of his degrees and publicly shamed as a fraudulent traitor. Decades later, incendiary new evidence emerges to corroborate Teddy's initial findings, not just vindicating him, but raising profound questions about how Israelis—and we all—deal with the darker chapters of history. Preceded by A TRIP TO THE MOTHERLAND (2022, dir. Ali Abushama, 3 min.), I AM FROM PALESTINE (2022, dir. Iman Zawahry, 6 min.), and THE LAST DAYS OF APRIL (2021, dirs. Laurence Buelens, Jean Forest, 24 min.). I AM FROM PALESTINE director Iman Zawahry and producer Rifk Ebied scheduled to attend.
This event is SOLD OUT. Tickets remain available for other Chicago Palestine Film Festival events.
Awards & Nominations
Winner - Research Award, DocAviv Film Festival
Nominee - Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema - Documentary, Sundance Film Festival
Winner - Jury Prize, Best Documentary Feature, Philadelphia Film Festival
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