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Online, Tuesday 23rd March - Tuesday 30th March
In 2020, two friends wander through lockdown London reflecting on the Just Walk to Jerusalem, a journey undertaken three years prior calling for equal rights in the Holy Land.
Against a zeitgeist of pandemic, lockdown and global unrest, this quirky satirical documentary tracks their journey ‘back’ to Jerusalem – in the heart of London. Exploring the mosaic of cultural inheritance surrounding Britain’s colonial obsession with Palestine – and demolishing the odd statue along the way – they set out to stop Israel’s annexation of the West Bank and build Jerusalem ‘in England’s green and pleasant land.’
In 2017, more than one hundred people walked from London to Jerusalem, calling for equal rights in the Holy Land. In 2020, two friends set out to put Palestine back on the map and stop the annexation …
Palestinian writer Ahmed Masoud, from Gaza, is the acclaimed author of Go To Gaza, Drink The Sea, Escape From Gaza, The Shroud Maker and Camouflage. UK playwright Justin Butcher (Scaramouche Jones, The Madness of George Dubya, The Devil’s Passion) conceived and led the Just Walk to Jerusalem in 2017, marking the centenary of the Balfour Declaration and the fiftieth year of Israel’s military occupation of the Palestinian Territories. His acclaimed stage show, Walking to Jerusalem, premiered at The New Theatre for the 2019 Dublin Theatre Festival.
No ticket required.
Link to screening will be posted on the day of the premiere, here and on facebook.
Suggested donation €10
- Date:
- Tuesday 23rd March - Tuesday 30th March
- Time:
- 9.15pm
- Price:
- Free (Donation)
