LOS ANGELES PREMIERE
LIVE ACTION | CANADA | 19 MINUTES | Arabic, English
Mawtini (My Homeland)
Director Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller
Together Nawal, a young Palestinian woman, and Tanya, an older Indigenous woman, start a guerrilla garden on the lawn of their apartment building and battle middle management to make it to harvest.
CAST & CREDITS
Director
Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller
Producer
Kevin Dong, Malachi Ellis
Screenwriter
Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller
Key Cast
Rena Dine, Monique Mojica
Directors Bio
Fateema is a Queer Palestinian/Canadian filmmaker whose work explores themes of fragmented identity, grief and connection through “oh no, should I laugh?” comedy. She is passionate about creating nuanced representation for those who rarely get to see their stories on screen and she prioritizes making space for marginalized voices both in front of and behind the camera. Fateema is a Women in the Director’s Chair alumni and Canadian Film Centre Norman Jewison Directors’ Lab alumni. She recently completed a fellowship for Middle Eastern writers at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. Fateema is a tender hearted friend and believes in resistance and resilience through laughter.
Directors Statement
This film began as a reckoning with the question “What does it mean to be from stolen land living on stolen land?” as a Palestinian displaced and unable to return to my ancestral homeland living on stolen Indigenous land in Canada. Inspired by the generosity and solidarity I feel between my community as a Palestinian and the community of Indigenous artists and activists I have been lucky to surround myself with. Mawtini (My Homeland) explores the different ways we can embody resistance under capitalist and colonial structures and the healing that can be found in connection to the land and each other.
Program Three
Showtimes
Wednesday, November 13
IN-PERSON
Screening: 3:00pm
Post Screening Guest Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller (Director).
Once Purchased
your name will be at ‘Will Call’
AMC The Grove 14
189 The Grove Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Parking
At The Theatre
