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SUMMARY: Older than Israel: Work-in-Progress Screening and Discussion
DESCRIPTION: Film screening followed by a conversation moderated by Hicham 
 Safieddine (UBC History) featuring Alejandro Rath (Editor) in person and Cr
 istian Pirovano & Ismael Al Bes (Directors) online.
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 82 size-large" src="https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/
 5/2025/10/OTI-at-UBC-screens-1024x576.png" alt="" width="620" height="349" 
 /></p><p><em>🎬 Older than Israel — Work-in-Progress Film Screening and Disc
 ussion. Doors at 6:10pm\, event begins at 6:30pm. Free. Light food and refr
 eshments will be served.</em></p><p><strong>About the Film</strong><br /><e
 m>Older than Israel (أكبر من إسرائيل / Más grandes que Israel)</em> is an A
 rgentine–Palestinian co-production that follows Rihana\, a young Palestinia
 n journalist\, as she travels across refugee camps in the West Bank meeting
  elders who were displaced during the 1948 Nakba. Through their memories an
 d testimonies\, the film explores how the personal and collective intertwin
 e as a form of resistance.</p><p>Filmed in 2022 and 2025\, the documentary 
 combines present-day interviews\, still photography\, and UNRWA archival fo
 otage to build a narrative about the intergenerational transmission of memo
 ry and the persistence of a people refusing to be erased.</p><p>Directed by
  <strong>Cristian Pirovano</strong> and <strong>Ismael Al Bes</strong>\, an
 d edited by <strong>Alejandro Rath</strong>\, <em>Older than Israel</em> wi
 ll be presented at UBC as a special work-in-progress screening.</p><p><stro
 ng>Post-Screening Discussion</strong><br />The screening will be followed b
 y a conversation moderated by <strong>Hicham Safieddine</strong>\, Professo
 r in the Department of History (UBC)\, with:<br />• <strong>Alejandro Rath<
 /strong> (Editor) – in person<br />• <strong>Cristian Pirovano</strong> & <
 strong>Ismael Al Bes</strong> (Directors) – joining online</p><p>Organized 
 with the collaboration and support of: Graduate Students for Palestine (GS4
 P) · Middle East Studies (MES) · Latin American Studies (LAS) · Centre for 
 Climate Justice (CCJ) · Institute for Gender\, Race\, Sexuality and Social 
 Justice (GRSJ) · Department of Geography · School of Public Policy and Glob
 al Affairs (SPPGA)</p><p><strong>Land Acknowledgment</strong><br />We ackno
 wledge with gratitude that this event will take place on the traditional\, 
 ancestral\, and unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people\, who h
 ave cared for these lands and waters since time immemorial.</p><p> </p>
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LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees)
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