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“Foragers” Screening
June 23, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Inliquid, in collaboration with Jericho Cinema Club, invites you to join us on Thursday, April 27, in the InLiquid Gallery for a screening of Foragers, directed and produced by Palestinian filmmaker Jumana Manna.
Foragers depicts the dramas around the practice of foraging for wild edible plants in Palestine/Israel with wry humor and a meditative pace. Shot in the Golan Heights, the Galilee and Jerusalem, it moves between 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 defenses, Foragers captures the inherited love, joy and knowledge in these traditions alongside their resilience to the prohibitive law. By reframing the terms and constraints of preservation, the lm raises questions around the politics of extinction, namely who determines what is made extinct and what gets to live on.
About InLiquid:
InLiquid is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to creating opportunities and exposure for visual artists through exhibitions in the InLiquid Gallery and satellite exhibition spaces, all while serving as a free, online, public hub that showcases Philadelphia’s vast visual arts culture.
About Jericho Cinema Club:
The Jericho Cinema Club (JCC) is a Palestinian youth collective aimed to enrich the cultural scene in Jericho, Palestine. JCC started in 2020 with screening weekly films for youth and kids. In the past 3 years, they have since expanded their programming to include such initiatives as their Street Cinema, where they screen films in open spaces or abandoned spaces in Jericho to activate these spaces in a collective act with friends and family.
In addition to its public-facing programs in Jericho, the Jericho Cinema Club has grown to be part of film festivals such as the Refugees Film Festival, The Red Carpet, and the Mediterranean Film Week.
