DSA Tucson is honored to partner with DSA's National BDS & Palestine Solidarity Working Group to host a screening and discussion of Naila and the Uprising. Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/242161763

Synopsis: When a nation-wide uprising breaks out in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, a young woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family, and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine network of women in a movement that forces the world to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination for the first time. Naila and the Uprising chronicles the remarkable journey of Naila Ayesh and a fierce community of women at the frontlines, whose stories weave through the most vibrant, nonviolent mobilization in Palestinian history – the First Intifada in the late 1980s. Using evocative animation, intimate interviews, and exclusive archival footage, this film brings out of anonymity the courageous women activists who have remained on the margins of history – until now.

We hope you can join us on the 29th!

[Image courtesy of Mahfouz Abu Turk]