Film and Brunch With Ibtisam Mara'ana: Paradise Lost

Meretz USA, along with The Other Israel Film Festival, and The Israel Film Center at the JCC present a weekend brunch, film, and discussion on women's rights in Israel and Arab Israeli Women.

Arab Israeli filmmaker, Ibtisam Salh Mara'ana, grew up in Paradise (Fureidis in Arabic), a small fishing village overlooking the Mediterranean - one of the few Arab communities remaining after the 1948 war. This thought-provoking and intimate film diary follows the director's attempt to recreate the village's lost history, including the story of her childhood hero Suuad, the legendary local "bad girl" who was imprisoned as a PLO activist in the 1970,'s and banished from the community. Presenting the rarely heard voice of an Arab Israeli woman, this important film offers valuable insight into the contradictions and complexities of modern womanhood and national identity in the Middle East.

Date/Time: Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 11:00am

Location: The JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. at 76th St. (Program room assignments will be available at the JCC Customer Service Desk, in the lobby of the Samuel Priest Rose Building.)

Tickets are on sale now.  To buy a ticket or to find out more information about this event pleace call Rachel at 212-242-4500