Occupation 101 | Film Screening

Occupation 101 Film Screening

On Sunday, Jan 21st, join Under the Table Poetry Collective and Wildfires Bookshop for a film screening of Occupation 101 (2006), directed by Sufyan Omeish and Abdallah Omeish.

Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm (we run on crip time with the understanding that bodies and brains aren’t always on schedule)

Movie synopsis:
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is widely viewed in the US as one of the most complicated geopolitical disputes in the world. But there are also signs that Americans are unfamiliar with one of the core flashpoints of the conflict: the exact nature of Israel’s ongoing military occupation of Palestinian land. Occupation 101 lays out the basic facts of the occupation in vivid and heart-wrenching detail, offering a crystal-clear and myth-shattering history of Israel’s systematic dispossession of Palestinians from their land. Features Middle East scholars, journalists, religious leaders, and humanitarian workers.
Venue & Accessibility

The event will be hosted at Wildfires Bookshop at 712 B 12th Street, New Westminster.

Wildfires Books is a single-level space. There are no steps or stairs to get into the building, but the building is located on a hill, so the sidewalk is on an incline/decline. The front door is 35’ wide, with no push-to-open currently, but the door will stay open until the show starts. There is a gender-neutral washroom with a grab rail and a 35’ door. The washroom door is not automatic.

This event is scent-free. We kindly ask that event attendees refrain from wearing scented products in the space. The venue has a scent free soap and uses scent free cleaning products.
Unfortunately, this event will not have ASL interpretation, we are working towards getting funding to have ASL at all of our events. The film will have subtitles.

FREE evert with registration.