🍉Welcome to the Friendly Fruit Film Series!🍉

A new in-person film series at Cobble Hill Cinema launched by Watermelon Pictures & Friendly Strangers. For our 4th screening we’re proud to present an FYC screening of, Palestine 36, a film by Annemarie Jacir.

Palestine, 1936. The uprising that took on an Empire. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.

This screening is a clear example of how we can show our solidarity with Palestinian film and the filmmakers who make it all possible. In order for there to be more movies like this, we need to create a track record for the industry to ahere to. This film series is one of many crucial first steps to creating a consistent solidarity for underrepresented films and filmmakers from around the world. This is your chance to help show the industry that there is an audience consistently showing up for these stories. Let’s give these stories their much deserved air time and ingrain our solidarity into our everyday routine.

produced and created by

Laith Zuaiter from @thefriendlystrangers_ & @watermelonpictures