Film screening: Foragers

"For the earth to live, colonialism must die."
- The Red Nation

Join us for a film screening of Jumana Manna’s film Foragers (Palestine, 2022) and a discussion with environmental activists Muna Dajani and Janne Hirvasvuopio.

17:45 Doors open

18:00 - 19:05 Screening of Foragers (2022) 

19:05 - 19:15 Break

19:15 - 20:30 Discussion with Muna Dajani and Janne Hirvasvuopio

About the film: 

Foragers (2022), a film by Palestinian visual artist Jumana Manna, depicts the dramas around the practice of foraging for wild edible plants in Palestine/Israel with wry humour and a meditative pace. Shot in the Golan Heights, the Galilee and Jerusalem, it employs fiction, documentary and archival footage to portray the impact of Israeli nature protection laws on these customs.

The restrictions prohibit the collection of the artichoke-like ’akkoub and za’atar (thyme), and have resulted in fines and trials for hundreds caught collecting these native plants. For Palestinians, these laws constitute an ecological veil for legislation that further alienates them from their land while Israeli state representatives insist on their scientific expertise and duty to protect.

Following the plants from the wild to the kitchen, from the chases between the foragers and the nature patrol, to courtroom defences, Foragers captures the joy and knowledge embodied in these traditions alongside their resilience to the prohibitive law. By reframing the terms and constraints of preservation, the film raises questions around the politics of extinction, namely who determines what is made extinct and what gets to live on.

The event will be held in English. The film is in Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles. 

Permantosali is accessible. There is no induction loop in the space. More accessibility info can be found at www.tekstintalo.fi/tilat/permantosali

The event is organised by Sumud - Finnish Palestine Network and Debt for Climate Finland as part of the Israeli Apartheid Week 18.3. - 24.3.