BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:34824@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250731T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250731T213000 DTSTAMP:20250729T190326Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/michel-khleifis-fertile-memory-1980 -a-landmark-of-palestinian-cinema-3/ SUMMARY:Michel Khleifi's FERTILE MEMORY (1980) – A Landmark of Palestinia n Cinema DESCRIPTION:LOS ANGELES\, CA\n\n \;\n\n\n\nAs part of their July series "US Tour\," 7th House is proud to present a rare screening of Palestinian filmmaker Michel Khleifi's gorgeous\, meditative\, and deeply affecting l andmark film FERTILE MEMORY(1980). The sole film in 7th House's series not set on American soil\, it nevertheless reverberates with our nation's con temporary impact abroad. The first full length film to be shot within the disputed Palestinian West Bank "Green Line\," FERTILE MEMORY is the featur e debut of Khleifi\, acclaimed director of the Cannes Film Festival triump h\, WEDDING IN GALILEE. Lyrically blending both documentary and narrative elements\, Khleifi skillfully and lovingly crafts a portrait of two Palest inian women whose individual struggles both define and transcend the polit ics that have torn apart their homes and their lives.\n\n \;\n\nGrandm other Romia fights an unending legal battle with the Zionist authorities w ho confiscated her ancestral land soon after the Israeli occupation in 194 7. With her family scattered all over the globe while she works in an Isra eli factory\, Romia doggedly maintains a dignity and passion that for her are the difference between mere subsistence and tenacious survival. Sahar Khalifeh\, a divorced novelist and young mother living in the West Bank\, struggles to maintain a modern role for herself within her increasingly in tolerant occupation community. Representing both contemporary Arab womanho od and vanguard Palestinian conscience\, Sahar must balance the changes in her world after the Six Day War with the changes in herself after achievi ng personal emancipation.\n\n \;\n\nWith painterly flair\, Khleifi ele vates the everyday details of Romia's and Sahar's lives to a timelessness as irresistible as the hauntingly beautiful desert landscape they fight fo r. Whether in a tearful lullaby or a sensuously performed lover's lament\, the women of FERTILE MEMORY lend tender and powerful voices to their peop le's chorus of outrage. Michel Khleifi's poetic and powerful film puts a d istinctively feminine expression on the ordinarily violent and male domina ted face of Palestinian resistance.\n\n \;\n\nDir. Michel Khleifi\, 19 80\, 99 mins\, Palestine\, Arabic w/ English subtitles\, Unrated\, Color\, Digital.\n\n \;\n\n \;\nTicket price: $12 (in person event only)\ nPlease email events@prs.org or phone 323-663-2167 with any questions.\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nADVISORY DISCLAIMER\n\nWith some excepti on\, The Philosophical Research Society’s 7th House Screenings does not typically provide advisory warnings about potentially upsetting content or subject matter\, as sensitivities are particular to each viewer. Please b e sure to read event listings\, research on the web\, or visit Common Sens e Media\, IMDb\, and DoesTheDogDie.com for thorough info on content and ag e-appropriateness. 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