Adam Lubitow: The Witness Palestine Film Festival, back for a sixth year, continues its mission to spotlight the human rights issues at the heart of the decades-spanning conflict between Palestine and Israel. Along with the annual film series (which runs through the beginning of October), this year’s festival branches out with a multidisciplinary program of events that kicks off this weekend with a talk by keynote speaker, novelist, essayist, and poet Susan Abulhawa on Sunday, September 10, at 2 pm. Admission to the lecture is free.
Also scheduled is a staged reading of the play “There is a Field,” which will be performed as part of the upcoming Rochester Fringe Festival on Thursday, September 14, 9 p.m., and Thursday, September 28, 7:30 p.m., at MuCCC (142 Atlantic Avenue). Tickets are $10.
This year’s Witness Palestine event also adds an art exhibition to the mix, “Bethlehem Beyond the Wall,” which will be on display from October 1 through October 14 in Lorette Wilmot Library Lobby at Nazareth College (4245 East Avenue). Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., every day.
The lineup of films gets off to a strong start with the crowd-pleasing musical drama “Junction 48.”
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