"This is My Land"-New Documentary on Israeli & Palestinian Education & Tribalism

As part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, on Wednesday, June 17th, the powerful and moving new documentary 'This is My Land' will be screened. We will also be joined by the film's director for a discussion of the film.

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‘This is My Land’ follows several Israeli and Palestinian teachers as they help their students understand the complicated, segregated, and often violent world around them, filtered through the state-approved curriculum. Tending to the needs of each student, and sifting through decades of personal pain, loss, and struggle, the decisions of the teachers and school administrators leave a lasting and profound impact on these impressionable young minds and the generations to come.

This Is My Land' poses powerful questions about the subjectivity of history and how society can lay the groundwork for a peaceful future.

You can check out the trailer and buy tickets here (BE SURE TO PURCHASE TICKET FOR WED. JUNE 17th AT 9:00PM):

https://ff.hrw.org/film/my-land

­BE SURE TO PURCHASE TICKET FOR WED. JUNE 17th AT 9:00PM. Please buy your own ticket at the above link, and then join us at the IFC Center Movie Theater.

Our group will meet right in front of the movie theater, which is at 6th Ave. & West 3rd St., at 8:30pm. I am 6'5" and will be holding a sign that says "MEETUP". You won't miss me standing right outside in front of the movie theater. At 8:40 we will be going into the theater to get seats together, for the 9:00pm screening. Don't be late!

For those that wish to, members of our meetup group will have an optional dinner at the Washington Square DIner, near the corner of 6th Ave. & West 4th Street, at 7:15pm. At the restaurant, ask the waitstaff for "David." We'll introduce ourselves and discuss the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as well as international peace issues and world events.

Hope you can join us for this insightful and moving documentary.

David