From Ground Zero is a compelling project that brings together 22 short films created by talented filmmakers from Gaza. Launched by Rashid Masharawi, a renowned Palestinian filmmaker, the initiative was born against the backdrop of conflict and aims to provide a platform for young artists to express themselves through their craft. Each film, ranging in length from 3 to 6 minutes, presents a unique perspective on the current reality in Gaza. The project captures the diverse experiences of life in the Palestinian enclave, including the challenges, tragedies and moments of resilience faced by its people. Using a mix of genres including fiction, documentary, docu-fiction, animation and experimental cinema, From Ground Zero presents a rich diversity of stories that reflect the sorrow, joy and hope inherent in Gazan life. Despite the harsh filming conditions, Gaza’s vibrant artistic scene shines through this collection, offering an intimate and powerful portrait of daily life and the enduring spirit of its people.

Inspired by the courage and resilience of indigenous people from Plymouth Rock to Palestine, we have been protesting the genocide in Gaza every Saturday at noon since March 2024. In season, find us at Plymouth Rock (where our own indigenous genocide began), and off-season, we’ll be at Town Hall. Bring flags, signs, kites, pots and pans, and whatever else. The momentum is building for a FREE PALESTINE where everyone enjoys equal rights: Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Just People.

Doing homework among the wreckage. By October of 2024 (last year!), the Israeli air force dropped 70,000 tons of bombs on the Gaza Strip, surpassing the combined bomb tonnage dropped on Dresden, Hamburg, and London during WW2 (Wikipedia). This is on a land eleven times smaller than Rhode Island, holding two million people in what Bernie Sanders, former British MP David Cameron, and UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese have called “an open-air prison.”

See you at the movie — and at Plymouth Rock every Saturday at Noon (in season), and Town Hall (off-season).

We’re here, opposite Plymouth Rock (or Town Hall in the off-season), every Saturday at Noon. If not, then on Saturday the 20th, for the free screening of the Academy Award-nominated film From Ground Zero, Michael Moore, Executive Producer.

Hosted by Plymouth for Palestine with the Palestine South Shore Alliance