DIRECTED BY BASEL ADRA, HAMDAN BALLAL, YUVAL ABRAHAM, & RACHEL SZOR
ACADEMY AWARD® WINNER, BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, 2025.
The film chronicles the Israeli military’s incremental expulsion of the West Bank community of Masafer Yatta — home to 20 ancient Palestinian villages — in this tightly focused, urgent documentary. Over five years (2019–23), Masafer Yatta resident and Palestinian journalist Basel Adra has shot videos of home, school, water well, and road demolitions and their consequent protests by displaced Palestinian residents. Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham — free to move about while Adra’s movements are constricted — brings to light the apartheid that Palestinians face under Israel's illegal occupation.
Stay after the film for a Q&A with local Palestinians and international volunteers who have spent time in Masafer Yatta and across the West Bank doing solidarity work.
Please RSVP to attend. A donation of $10-20 per person is suggested at the door to support an ongoing solidarity fundraiser for residents of Masafer Yatta, Occupied Palestine. We will also be raffling a framed print from a Palestinian visual artist that reflects the resilience of the Masafer Yatta community.
Sponsored by:
Arab American Cultural Center - Silicon Valley
Hindus for Human Rights
Jewish Voice for Peace - South Bay
San Jose Against War
San Jose Peace and Justice Center
SURJ
Vigil for Gaza