For 2017 International Women’s Day we had two special screenings exploring women’s lives in Palestine & Israel.
Sunday 5th March, 2017
3000 Nights
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Hyde Park Picture House, LS6 1JD
Layla is an ordinary young Palestinian school teacher, arrested on false charges and incarcerated with criminals in a high security Israeli women’s prison. Somehow she manages to transcend the bleakness of her situation.
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The Promised Band
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Blackwells Bookshop cafe, LS2 9HJ
The moving true story of an attempt to create dialogue and friendship between Israeli and Palestinian women, using the device of a rock band to help them cross physical, legal and cultural barriers. The women’s lives are deeply affected, in unexpected ways.
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