SAMOUNI ROAD
STEFANO SAVONA | 2018 | 128’

SATURDAY 2 DECEMBER | 15:30
BRUNEI GALLERY LECTURE THEATRE, SOAS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, WC1B 5DQ

On the outskirts of Gaza City a small community of farmers, the Samouni extended family, is about to celebrate a wedding. It's going to be the first celebration since the latest war. Amal, Fuad, their brothers and cousins have lost their parents, their houses and their olive trees. The neighborhood where they live is being rebuilt. As they replant trees and plow fields, they face their most difficult task: piecing together their own memory. Through these young survivors' recollections, Samouni Road conveys a deep, multifaceted portrait of a family before, during and after the tragic event that changed its life forever.

This film screening is brought to you with thanks to SOAS Centre for Palestine Studies and SOAS Middle East Institute.