<font style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Hi all,</font><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">The next People's Cinema is on Tuesday, April 19th at 7:30 pm.</font><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
<p style="text-align:left;font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">We'll be screening a film by the
Israeli-Palestinian activist Juliano Mer-Khamis, who was murdered in the
West Bank a few days ago. The film is about a children's theater
started by his mother in the Jenin refugee camp. Shot over the course of many years, the film shows children who
participate in theater productions and who later grow up to make some
unimaginable choices in response to the Israeli occupation.</p><p style="text-align:left;font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">In 2006, years after the destruction of the theater and the death of his
mother, Mer-Khamis established his own community center for children
and adults called the Freedom Theater. Although the theater has been
successful and has received international praise, it has also been the
target of threats and vandalism from some Jenin residents who disagree
with the idea of uninhibited self-expression.</p><p style="text-align:left;font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
We wanted to show the film to find out more about the lives of
Palestinian children and about the work of Arna Mer, as well as to pay
tribute to Juliano Mer-Khamis. (There is a great article and interview
with him <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11897.shtml" target="_blank">here</a>.)</p><p style="text-align:left;font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Location: Loring-Greenough House, 12 South St, Jamaica Plain</p>
<p style="text-align:left;font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
Website: <a href="http://www.radonlake.com/peoples" target="_blank">http://www.radonlake.com/peoples</a></p><p style="text-align:left;font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Facebook: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/arna0419" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/arna0419</a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Hope to see you there!</p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Mariya and Stefan</span>