2017 | United States, Occupied Palestinian Territory | Documentary

Naila and the Uprising

  • Arabic, Hebrew, English - 60 mins
  • Director | Julia Bacha
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | Ronit Avni, Suhad Babaa, Jess Devaney , Abigail Disney, Sara Fusco, Jen Marlowe, Gini Reticker, Anya Rous, Rula Salameh, Rebekah Wingert

STATUS: Released

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When a nation-wide uprising breaks out in 1987, a woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine network of women in a movement that forces the world to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination for the first time. Naila and the Uprising chronicles the remarkable journey of Naila Ayesh whose story weaves through the most vibrant, nonviolent mobilization in Palestinian history – the First Intifada in the late 1980s.

Historical Political Activism Women's Rights Palestinian Struggle