2026 Oscar Nominee for Best International Feature Film!
Wednesday, March 4th at 7pm, with guest speaker

The film chronicles the 2024 killing of 6-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza, utilizing real audio from her plea for help. It previously won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2025 Venice Film Festival. Director Kaouther Ben Hania becomes the first Arab-American woman to receive three Academy Award nominations. The film received a 23-minute standing ovation at its Venice Film Festival premiere, and it garnered attention with involvement from executive producers Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, and Rooney Mara. (1h 30m)

In-person introduction by Tariq Jawhar, professor of English and dabbling poet and writer of Palestinian descent. He spent much of his childhood living in the Occupied West Bank and continued to travel between there and the U.S. throughout his adulthood. He received a B.A. and M.A. degree in English from Old Dominion University, and a Doctor of Letters Degree from Drew University in New Jersey. He currently teaches English at Tidewater Community College and Old Dominion University.

“It’s a reminder that the constant smears against human rights organizations and aid agencies are vile slanders by people who want this to happen again and again and again.” – Richard Whittaker, Austin Chronicle

“What is being presented instead is a remembrance and a plea to keep the fires of moral urgency lighted. “ – Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

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