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one-night screening of A State of Passion
September 3 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
oin us on Wednesday, September 3rd, at 6:30pm for a one-night screening of A State of Passion in collaboration with Forward Film Production, Labour for Palestine Ottawa and Ottawa Healthcare Professionals for Palestine (OHCP4P). The film will be followed by a live Q&A with filmmaker Carol Mansour and Dr. Yipeng Ge!
After 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s hospitals, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance. This was Ghassan’s sixth and most horrific Gaza “war”. Why does he do it? The answer lies simply in their shared passion: Palestine.
After 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s hospitals, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance. This was Ghassan’s sixth and most horrific Gaza “war”. Why does he do it? The answer lies simply in their shared passion: Palestine.
Filmmakers Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi, close friends of the Abu Sittahs, waited anxiously for Ghassan to emerge from Gaza, following a long and terrifying journey through the night, to meet him in Amman. Determined to capture his raw emotions they began filming him the moment he arrived through the door. Following him to Beirut, Amman, London, and Kuwait, they and he explore their common State of Passion.
Date: Wednesday, September 3rd
Time: Doors open 6:30PM
Location: First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa (30 Cleary Ave)
Price: $5 minimum donation (link below)
Tickets can be purchased here:
All profits will be donated to The Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund.