Beginning in January, the GRALTA Foundation continues its documentary film series that brings balance and expands our understanding of “The Holy Land Problem.”
Each film is shown twice:
First on Thursday evenings at Bemis Hall (15 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA) (January 2 and 16; February 6 and 20; March 6) at 7 PM
Repeated on Sunday afternoons at the Lincoln Public Library lincolnpl.org (3 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA) (January 5 and 19; February 9 and 23; March 9) at 2 PM
If parking at the “Stone Church” (14 Bedford Road), as you face the church, please park in spaces to the left of the building.
Remaining Films in the Series:
The Lobby–Part 1 (2017|Qatar) January 16 (Bemis Hall) and January 19 (Lincoln Library). An undercover investigation reveals Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs, a semi-covert black-ops agency, collusion with an extensive network of US-based organizations—not registered as foreign agents as the law requires—to smear, sabotage, and repress Americans’ free speech rights. Suppressed by Zionist pressure, but ultimately leaked. Runtime: 48 minutes. Trailer: none available
My Tree (2021|Canada) February 6 (Bemis Hall) and February 9 (Lincoln Library). My Tree follows Jason Sherman's journey to find the tree that was planted in his name in Israel many years earlier. When he discovers that it stands on the remains of a Palestinian village that was destroyed in 1967, he embarks on another journey—to determine his responsibility in helping to cover up the destruction. Runtime: 102 minutes. Trailer: My Tree (2021) | Trailer - Jason Sherman
Tantura (2022|Israel) February 20 (Bemis Hall) and February 23 (Lincoln Library). In the war of 1948, hundreds of Palestinian villages were depopulated. Israelis call it “The War of Independence.” Palestinians call it 'Nakba"'. The film examines one village- Tantura and why discussion of the "Nakba" is taboo in Israeli schools and society. Runtime: 94 minutes. Trailer: Tantura | Trailer | Available Now
The War Around Us (2014|US) March 6 (Bemis Hall) and March 9 (Lincoln Library). This riveting, introspective film focuses on Ayman Mohyeldin (now an MSNBC anchor) and Sherine Tadros, the only two international journalists in Gaza when Israel bombarded and invaded in 2008. A story of friendship under stress, conflict-journalism ethics, and the catastrophic experience that Gazans lived through during that and in subsequent wars. Runtime: 77 minutes. Trailer: THE WAR AROUND US (OFFICIAL TRAILER)