Fadia's Tree + Q&A
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"Emotional docu-portrait of one woman’s simple desire to return home; when that home is Palestine, the heart aches. After a chance encounter with Fadia, a British documentary maker offers to locate her ancestral tree; weaving a poetic tale about the free migration of birds over a fractured, divided land."
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An event on Thursday 8th December. The event starts at 20:00.
Dir. Sarah Beddington | Documentary | 2022 | 84 mins | Arabic with English subtitles
While millions of birds migrate freely in the skies, Fadia, a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon, yearns for the ancestral homeland she is denied. She challenges the film’s director, Sarah Beddington to find an ancient mulberry tree that stands as witness to her family’s existence – with only inherited memories, a blind man and a two-headed dragon as her guides. Along the way, Sarah meets with ornithologists whose observations on the homing instincts of the birds inadvertently reveal the unresolved problems of the region.
Spanning 15 years, this is a story of a friendship that stays connected across a divided land and a fragmented people, adopting a birds’ eye perspective to reflect on freedom of movement, exile, and the hope of return.
This event is part of Bristol Palestine Film Festival 2022 – check our website for details of our full programme, which includes screenings of shorts, features and documentaries at a range of independent venues across the city, including The Cube, Watershed, St George's, and the Palestine Museum.
https://bristolpff.org.uk
Entry requirements:
While millions of birds migrate freely in the skies, Fadia, a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon, yearns for the ancestral homeland she is denied. She challenges the film’s director, Sarah Beddington to find an ancient mulberry tree that stands as witness to her family’s existence – with only inherited memories, a blind man and a two-headed dragon as her guides. Along the way, Sarah meets with ornithologists whose observations on the homing instincts of the birds inadvertently reveal the unresolved problems of the region.
Spanning 15 years, this is a story of a friendship that stays connected across a divided land and a fragmented people, adopting a birds’ eye perspective to reflect on freedom of movement, exile, and the hope of return.
This event is part of Bristol Palestine Film Festival 2022 – check our website for details of our full programme, which includes screenings of shorts, features and documentaries at a range of independent venues across the city, including The Cube, Watershed, St George's, and the Palestine Museum.
https://bristolpff.org.uk
Entry requirements:
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