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SUMMARY:Fight The Power: Palestine 36 incl. introduction
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DESCRIPTION:FIGHT THE POWER: PALESTINE 36 INCL. INTRODUCTION\n\nFor this ed
	ition of Fight The Power: Films of Resistance\, presented in\ncollaboratio
	n with the Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam\, we’re screening the\nsear
	ing new film by Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir\, Palestine 36. Set i
	n\nBritish-ruled Palestine in 1936\, it follows a young man caught between
	 his\nvillage and a restless Jerusalem as the country rises up in the Grea
	t Revolt —\nthe largest and longest Palestinian uprising against British c
	olonial rule.\n\nAs villages organise and strike\, the British answer with
	 collective punishment\,\nhome demolitions and mass detention without tria
	l\, laying down the machinery of\noccupation that shapes Palestinian life 
	to this day. Rejecting the distance of\nthe history book\, Jacir draws a d
	irect line from 1936 to the present — to the\npartition of Palestinian lan
	d\, and to the system that now sustains an ongoing\ngenocide in Gaza.\n\nT
	he screening will open with an introduction from Özge Calafato\, writer\,\
	ncurator\, academic\, and advisor to the Palestinian Film Festival Amsterd
	am.\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nÖzge Calafato is a writer\, curator\, and acad
	emic\, and a Lecturer in Literary and\nCultural Analysis at the University
	 of Amsterdam (UvA). She has served as\nProgramming Manager for the Abu Dh
	abi Film Festival (ADFF) and as a committee\nmember for the SANAD Developm
	ent and Post-Production Fund. From 2014 to 2020\,\nshe was Assistant Direc
	tor of Akkasah: Center for Photography at NYU Abu Dhabi.\nCalafato has als
	o worked as a programmer and consultant for numerous film\nfestivals and i
	nstitutions. Since 2024\, she has been an advisor to the\nPalestinian Film
	 Festival Amsterdam.
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h1>FIGHT THE POWER: PALESTINE 36 INCL. INTROD
	UCTION</h1> For this edition of <em>Fight The Power: Films of Resistance</
	em>, presented in collaboration with the Palestinian Film Festival Amsterd
	am, we’re screening the searing new film by Palestinian director Annemarie
	 Jacir, <em>Palestine 36</em>. Set in British-ruled Palestine in 1936, it 
	follows a young man caught between his village and a restless Jerusalem as
	 the country rises up in the Great Revolt — the largest and longest Palest
	inian uprising against British colonial rule.<p>As villages organise and s
	trike, the British answer with collective punishment, home demolitions and
	 mass detention without trial, laying down the machinery of occupation tha
	t shapes Palestinian life to this day. Rejecting the distance of the histo
	ry book, Jacir draws a direct line from 1936 to the present — to the parti
	tion of Palestinian land, and to the system that now sustains an ongoing g
	enocide in Gaza.</p><p>The screening will open with an introduction from <
	strong>Özge Calafato</strong>, writer, curator, academic, and advisor to t
	he Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam.</p><p><strong>About the speaker</s
	trong></p><p><strong>Özge Calafato</strong> is a writer, curator, and acad
	emic, and a Lecturer in Literary and Cultural Analysis at the University o
	f Amsterdam (UvA). She has served as Programming Manager for the Abu Dhabi
	 Film Festival (ADFF) and as a committee member for the SANAD Development 
	and Post-Production Fund. From 2014 to 2020, she was Assistant Director of
	 Akkasah: Center for Photography at NYU Abu Dhabi. Calafato has also worke
	d as a programmer and consultant for numerous film festivals and instituti
	ons. Since 2024, she has been an advisor to the Palestinian Film Festival 
	Amsterdam.</p>
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