(Milh Hadha al-Bahr)
Palestine 2008, 104 minutes, 35 mm. In Arabic and English with English ST

Starring Suheir Hammad and Saleh Bakri

Screening Dates:

Thu, Apr 30, 6:15 p.m.
Fri, May 01, 11:45 a.m.
Sat, May 02, 2:30 p.m.

Screening Location:

AMC Village VII
66 3rd Avenue and 11th Street

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE:
http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/Salt_of_this_Sea.html

Call Center:

Operating hours are as follows:
April 18 to May 3: 7 days a week, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
May 4 to May 8: 11:00 am to 6:00 pm

Phone: (646) 502-5296
Toll free: (866) 941-FEST (3378)

ABOUT THE FILM:

Soraya, born in Brooklyn in a working class community of Palestinian refugees, discovers that her grandfather’s savings were frozen in a bank account in Jaffa when he was exiled in 1948. Stubborn, passionate and determined to reclaim what is hers, she fulfills her life-long dream of returning to Palestine. Slowly she is taken apart by the reality around her and is forced to confront her own internal anger. She meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition, contrary to hers, is to leave forever. Tired of the constraints that dictate their lives, they know in order to be free, they must take things into their own hands, even if it’s illegal.

FILM TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBbPUxbjiuc

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:

Annemarie Jacir is a Palestinian filmmaker and photographer who has been working in independent film since 1994 and has written, directed, and produced A Post Oslo History, The Satellite Shooters, and Like Twenty Impossibles. She works as a freelance editor and cinematographer and has taught courses at Bethlehem and Birzeit University in the West Bank. Recipient of several screenwriting awards, Jacir is also a poet and author. Salt of this Sea is her first feature film, and she is currently developing her second. Having been prevented from returning to Palestine, she now lives in Amman, Jordan.

• CANNES - OFFICIAL SELECTION, 2008
• FIRST PRIZE - BEST FILM, Sguardi Altrove Film Festival, Italy 2009
• INTERNATIONAL CRITICS AWARD FIPRESCI PRIZE
• RANDA CHAHAL PRIZE, Journées cinématographiques de Carthage, 2008
• BEST SCREENPLAY, Dubai International Film Festival, 2008
• SPECIAL JURY PRIZE, Osians Asian & Arab Film Festival, 2008
• PALESTINE'S OFFICIAL OSCAR ENTRY FOR BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM, 2008
• SOPADIN FINALIST, Grand Prix Best Screenplay, 2007
• CINEMA IN MOTION AWARDS, San Sebastian Film Festival, 2007

"Annemarie is the Palestinian Jim Jarmush. She has developed her own cinema language, stubborn acting style and unconventional story telling, disobeying all the rules of traditional cinema." - Hany Abu-Assad, Director Paradise Now

"This film is my personal voice, intimate,... it's the voice of my family, of my village, of my people. It's the voice of every refugee searching for his rights.." - Saleh Bakri, actor

3rd i NY & Alwan Collaborative Monthly Screening Series are made possible in part through support from The Fund for Creative Creative Communities administered through the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

Last updated: 2009-09-29 10:57:35