Date & time
Monday, March 24, 2025
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
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Screening: THE PALESTINE EXCEPTION with Filmmakers in Attendance
Speaker(s)
Jan Haaken, Jennifer Ruth
Cost
This event is free
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Where
Henry F. Hall Building
1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Room H-110
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The Palestine Exception at Cinema Politica Concordia
Join Cinema Politica Concordia for THE PALESTINE EXCEPTION followed by a Q&A with directors Jan Haaken and Jennifer Ruth!
ABOUT THE FILM
THE PALESTINE EXCEPTION by Jan Haaken, Jennifer Ruth / USA / 2024 / 1h10m / English with English subs
As students across the country organize protests against Israel’s war on Gaza, decades-long taboos in academia around criticism of Israel — the “Palestine exception” — are shattered. This film features professors and students as they join calls for a ceasefire and divestment from companies that do business with Israel and face waves of crackdown from administrators, the media, the police and politicians.
Scholars from diverse disciplines explain what is at stake in these protests and why so many young people identify with the Palestinian cause. The documentary unfolds as a story of college campuses as sites of both rebellion and repression, places where personal and collective histories converge in unexpected ways.
EVENT DETAILS
Admission is by donation ($5-10 suggested).
The venue is wheelchair accessible.
In order to prevent the spreading of COVID 19, wearing a mask is recommended.