Film Screening: From Ground Zero (2024)

When
Feb 12 2025
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Location
Notre Dame Debartolo Performing Arts Center
100 Performing Arts Center
Notre Dame, IN


Description

Directed by Aws Al-Banna, Ahmed Al-Danf, Basil Al-Maqousi and others
With Kenzi Al Balbisi, Mohammed Kamel, Damo Nidal
In Arabic with English subtitles
Panel discussion to follow!

Palestine’s Official Submission for the 2025 Academy Awards, From Ground Zero is a collection of short films by 22 Palestinian filmmakers living through war in Gaza. Through a unique blend of animation, documentary, and fiction, these stories capture the unyielding steadfastness of the human spirit and enduring creativity that thrives even in the face of relentless devastation.

 

For tickets, visit the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center website.

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Dania Straughan
Dania is Program Manager at the Contending Modernities research initiative, where she oversees operations and contributes to program development. Dania is a graduate of the Kroc Institute’s Masters in Peace Studies. She is active in efforts to establish restorative justice pathways in her local community, and volunteers to advance grant making for community-led social cohesion programs globally. She previously served as outreach coordinator at the Millennium Nucleus for the Study of Stateness and Democracy in Latin America, at the Catholic University of Chile.

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