Sneak Preview Benefit for the 13th Annual Arab Film Festival "Salt of this Sea"

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Date:

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Time:

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Event Type:

Screening

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Location Details:

California Theater, 2113 Kittredge Street, Berkeley

$10 Students; $12 Adults
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Synopsis: 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.

Co-presented by San Francisco International Film Festival and Golden Thread Productions

Cosponsored by Al-Awda, Middle East Children Alliance and Arab Cultural and Community Center

Endorsed by Mosaic News - Link TV, Sahel Club, AROC, Birzeit Society, KPFA Flashpoints, KPOO Arab Talk Radio, ANSWER Coalition, SF Ramallah Club, KPFA Voices of Middle East & North Africa, Network of Arab American Professionals and National Council of Arab Americans (list still developing)

For more information: http://www.aff.org/

Added to the calendar on Thu, Apr 16, 2009 9:33AM

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