8 p.m. ET Friday, November 2, 2024

Palestine Cinema Days Screening: Aida Returns

In-person at AANM
Free with RSVP

On the somber anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, observed on November 2nd, and in an effort to amplify Palestinian voices, we are screening the film Aida Returns directed by Carol Mansour. This screening is in partnership with and made possible by Palestine Cinema Days. We are honored to participate in this solidarity screening for the second year in a row, alongside multiple organizations around the world. The screening is free of charge with a suggested $5 donation at the door. 100% of donations will go to Center for Arab American Philanthropy’s Disaster Relief Fund for Lebanon & Middle East Children’s Alliance, which is focused on relief for Palestine.

Immediately following the screening, please join us for a healing community activity.

About the film:

This is a sometimes painful, sometimes humorous, often absurd story of multiple journeys: the journey of loss as the director’s mother Aida struggled with Alzheimer’s disease finding solace in her repeated “returning” to the Yafa of her youth; the journey of losing a parent; and the ultimate return journey to Yafa where Aida would finally find rest.

This film is a tribute to the lost past of the director’s family, an attempt to restore part of both an individual and a collective memory, and a poetic nod and affirmation to all those exiled Palestinians forbidden from returning to their hometowns, even after death.

Palestine, Lebanon/Documentary/75 minutes/Directed by Carol Mansour/In Arabic with English Subtitles/In-Person Screening

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