Published: 21 August 2017
Last updated: 4 March 2024
An audience of around 70 people turned up to the screening at Mosman Community College, in Sydney’s north shore.
The 2014 film, which was based on a book by Israeli Arab commentator and author Sayed Kashua, follows the life of a talented Palestinian Arab boy who is sent to an elite school in Jerusalem, where he falls in love with a Jewish girl and befriends a disabled Jewish boy.
The film was followed by a lively Q & A session, with The Jewish Independent Israel experts Shahar Burla and Limor Fayena providing insights into the film’s social, cinematic and political context. The floor was then opened to the audience, which contributed a non-stop stream of questions about the moving and provocative film.
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