- In 2024, we will screen films from and about the Arab world for adults and families. And, we will continue to educate about the history and culture of Palestine as we show Palestinian films once a month.
- Join us for an evening to enjoy a light dinner followed by a movie screening.
- Movies will be in Arabic, French, or a combination and have English subtitles.
- Some movies are for adults (Friday nights), some movies are for the whole family (Saturday nights).
- Movies are free and dinner is available for purchase. Reservations greatly appreciated!
— Movies for Adults —
Friday, November 8, 2024
7 pm – Dinner ($15)
7:30 pm – Movie (Free)
Movie is free & open to the public.
Dinner (optional) – $15
RSVP appreciated
MENU: Batershi (smoked eggplant mutabal with tomato sauce and ground beef) or Vegetarian Batershi, Tomato Bulgur Pilaf (vegetarian), Fatoush Salad, Dessert
Ken Loach’s deeply moving final film explores loss, fear, and the difficulty of finding hope. When a group of Syrian refugees moves to a once thriving mining village in northern England, prejudice fuels a rift between the community and its newest inhabitants. But an unlikely friendship between the owner of the local pub and a young Syrian woman offers new possibilities for the divided village.
Friday, November 22, 2024
7 pm – Dinner ($15)
7:30 pm – Movie (Free)
Movie is free & open to the public.
Dinner (optional) – $15
RSVP appreciated
MENU: Freekah soup with chicken (شوربه فريكه) & vegetarian version w/out chicken), arays عرايس (ground meat sandwiches in pita bread), salad, dessert
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.
After her mother’s passing, director Carol Mansour, met friends in Beirut willing to carry Aida back with them to Palestine. The film accompanies Carol as she engineers a way to return her mother aided by an unlikely set of friends and strangers coming together to facilitate what should have been a simple journey. This journey is at the same time very private and yet universal. It 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.
Friday, December 6, 2024
7 pm – Dinner ($15)
7:30 pm – Movie (Free)
Movie is free & open to the public.
Dinner (optional) – $15
RSVP appreciated
MENU: TBD
MORE INFO COMING SOON
Friday, October 25, 2024
7 pm – Dinner ($15)
7:30 pm – Movie (Free)
Movie is free & open to the public.
Dinner (optional) – $15
RSVP appreciated
MENU: Zahra’ (cauliflower with ground beef in tomato sauce, vegetarian version) and white rice, salad, dessert
Kareem, an obedient Christian, leads a reverent life, contented in his daily rituals of devotion. When he extends grace to Theodor, a broken, hungry, un-homed stranger at his gate, everything begins to change. Will Kareem’s faith in Christ endure as Theordor disrupts his daily routines and takes over his home? The challenges of Faith in the face of adversity and colonization send Kareem into a transformation that may end in absolute destruction. A parable of the ruin of Palestine in 1948, Kareem’s path bears witness to the true power of maintaining hope in crisis.—Chozy Aiyub
Friday, September 20, 2024
7 pm – Dinner ($15)
7:30 pm – Movie (Free)
Run time: 2hrs
Drama
Movie is free & open to the public.
Dinner (optional) – $15
RSVP appreciated
MENU: Sudanese meal with vegetarian option
Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona – a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage – tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home. Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country’s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.—MAD Solutions
Friday, September 6, 2024
7 pm – Dinner ($15)
7:30 pm – Movie (Free)
Run time: 1hr 25m
Comedy, Drama
Movie is free & open to the public.
Dinner (optional) – $15
RSVP appreciated
MENU: Palestinian Musakhan, salad, dessert
A male giraffe dies after a nocturnal air raid in a Palestinian zoo. The female giraffe stops eating. A boy and his father, the veterinarian of the zoo, look for a solution.
Friday, August 23, 2024
7 pm – Dinner ($15)
7:30 pm – Movie (Free)
Movie is free & open to the public.
Dinner (optional) – $15
RSVP appreciated
MENU: Saudi Kabsa, salad, dessert
Kabsa or makbūs/machbūs is an Arab mixed rice dish of fragrant basmati rice topped with chicken pieces cooked until tender in tomato sauce with aromatic spices topped with toasted almonds and raisins. Commonly regarded as a national dish in all the countries of the Arab Peninsula countries, it originates from Saudi Arabia or Yemen but can also be found in regions such as southern Iran and Gaza in Palestine.
2024 Movie Nights (completed screenings)
2023 Movie Nights: Palestine in Pictures
