First Picture Documentary Film Screening Tour
May 6 @ 18:00 - 19:30 BST
Screenings and Q&A with director in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth, Aberdeen, Forres and Ardrishaig.
Welcome to the FIRST PICTURE DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING event.
This is a national tour throughout Scotland with the following dates and locations:
- Friday, 18th April @7pm – CCA, Glasgow.
- Wednesday, 23rd April @ 7pm – St Augustines, Edinburgh
- Thursday, 24th April @ 7pm – ESOL, Perth
- Tuesday, 29th April @7pm – Quaker Meeting Hall, Aberdeen
- Wednesday, 30th April @ 7pm – The Courtroom, Forres
- Tuesday, 6th May @ 6pm – Ardrishaig Village Hall, Ardrishaig
Palestinian Prisoner’s Day is marked each year on the 17th of April, and the situation for prisoners in Israel’s torture jails has never been more urgent, as we see systematic physical, sexual & emotional abuse as well as the rising death toll of detainees, including the first child.
This year, Scottish PSC will screen the documentary ‘First Picture’ (2006) by Akram Al-Ashqar, who is doing his PhD in film at the University of Glasgow, at locations across Scotland. Akram will join us for Q&A sessions following the film.
First Picture (2006) tells the story of a Palestinian child born in one of the Israeli Occupations prisons. He is released without his mother after nearly 3 years in prison. Set in Tulkarm Camp for Palestinian refugees, the film follows this child’s life as he is reunited with the rest of his family and formally imprisoned friends of his mother.
At the time of writing, there are 9500 political prisoners, including 350 child prisoners. Walid Ahmad was one of those children and was killed in March of this year, following 6 months of detention without charge. He was just 17 years old. His body, as is policy of the occupying forces, has been withheld from his family.
Join us as we discuss the film, the current situation for Palestinian prisoners & what we can do in Scotland to build effective solidarity.
