SJP invites you to a movie screening followed by the discussion of the documenatry "Tantura" (2022) directed by Israeli filmmaker Alon Schwarz. 

The movie is an exploration of Israel’s founding myth and the country’s inability to come to terms with its dark past. 

Director Alon Schwarz revisits former Israeli soldiers of the Alexandroni Brigade as well as Palestinian residents in an effort to re-examine what happened in Tantura in 1948 and explore why the Nakba is taboo in Israeli society. The ex-soldiers, now in their 90s, recall unsettling acts of war while disquietly pausing at points they either don’t remember or won’t speak of. Audio from Katz’s 20-year-old interviews cuts through the silence of self-preservation and exposes the ways in which power, silencing, and protected narratives can sculpt history.

The screening will be followed by a discussion. 

Looking forward to seeing you there, 

SJP.