Gaza Surf Club: Film Screening and Discussion
Nadi Al-Cinema
November 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Location
Daley Library Rm 1470
Address
801 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
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Join the Arab American Cultural Center, the Chicago Palestine Film Festival, and Students for Justice in Palestine in a film screening and discussion of
Gaza Surf Club
Gaza Surf Club is a 2016 German documentary film directed by Philip Gnadt and Mickey Yamine. The film takes a "day in the life" approach and follows the story of a group of Gazans who practice surfing as a source of freedom in the Mediterranean Gaza Strip coast. Also, the journey of the young Ibrahim, one of the surfers who travels to Hawaii looking for opportunities to create a surfing club in the Gaza Strip. The documentary took 5 years of filming, and it was screened for the first time in the Documentaries section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
Space is wheelchair accessible. For questions, email us at arabamcc@uic.edu
Date posted
Nov 25, 2023
Date updated
Nov 25, 2023