Nxt Museum invites you to the screening of the 2024 documentary ‘Where Olive Trees Weep’.

The film will be shown in the exhibition space, which has mixed seating (chairs/benches/beanbags). For extra comfort, feel free to bring your own cushion.

Tickets to this event are free, and voluntary donation points will be available in the museum. All donations made in the museum will go to the Palestinian Medical Relief Society.

This film is brought to you by SAND (Science and Non-Duality).

About the film: a message from the filmmakers

“The film gives background to the current crisis in Israel/Palestine and brings to light the lives of people we met on our 2022 journey in the occupied West Bank. Their universally human stories speak of intergenerational pain, trauma and resilience. We hope they touch your heart, stir compassion and understanding, and give rise to a pursuit for justice. For without justice, peace remains an empty slogan.

“Cinema can be a powerful force for change. Our aim is, beyond mere education, to truly move hearts and minds and inspire audiences to echo the calls for freedom, equality and dignity that have gone unanswered for far too long.

“The film is our modest contribution towards our dream for an end to the occupation in Palestine, the attainment of equal rights and fair treatment for Palestinian people, and the spreading of healing for all intergenerational cycles of trauma in the region.”

Synopsis

Where Olive Trees Weep offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice.

We follow, among others, Palestinian journalist and therapist Ashira Darwish, grassroots activist Ahed Tamimi, and Israeli journalist Amira Hass. We also witness Dr. Gabor Maté offer trauma-healing work to a group of women who were tortured in Israeli prisons.

Ancient landscapes bear deep scars, having witnessed the brutal reality of ancestral land confiscation, expulsions, imprisonment, home demolitions, water deprivation, and denial of basic human rights. Yet, through the veil of oppression, we catch a glimpse of resilience—deep roots that have carried the Palestinian people through decades of darkness and shattered lives.

This emotional journey bares the humanity of the oppressed while grappling with the question: what makes the oppressor so ruthlessly blind to its own cruelty?

About the screening: a message from Nxt Museum’s Creative Director – Natasha Greenhalgh 

“The aim of presenting the documentary at Nxt Museum is to create awareness and drive urgent change: to broaden the understanding of the ongoing occupation and genocide in Palestine, to amplify the voices and experiences of Palestinian people and build on international solidarity.

“We hope to not only create space for people to come together to share and learn, but also to encourage visitors, through the power of the arts, to be mobilised to use their agency, their voices, and their platforms to stand against and bring an end to the deadly silence – to encourage active resistance against the ongoing atrocities in Palestine. A permanent ceasefire and an end to the occupation.”  

Disclaimer

While we aim to encourage conversations around particularly difficult issues, Nxt Museum is committed to ensuring that our space remains free from hate speech and discrimination, including but not limited to anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

We invite all attendees to engage thoughtfully and respectfully as we navigate these important conversations.