IN PERSON AND ONLINE VIA ZOOM!

Reel and Meal Presents 

“Afterward”

(a film about Palestinian and Israeli traumas)

Monday, January 15, 2024, 7 PM

 Arrive/Log on by 6:45 p.m., as the program starts promptly at 7p.m

 There will be a drawing for a $10 voucher to cover 

in-person meal expenses.

In Person: Please come to the New Deal Café at 113 Centerway (Roosevelt Center) in Greenbelt, MD; Come enjoy the wide-screen film projection system. Masks are encouraged. Please check the Cafe’s Facebook page for updates on current in person guidelines. 

Virtual (on Zoom): Registration is required: http://tinyurl.com/ReelnMealJan2024  

Plant-Based Meal: We encourage a plant-based meal to support our mission focused on environmental, social justice and animal rights issues.

 The New Deal Café serves a variety of plant-based meals.  Online attendees can order a meal for takeout. 

Greenbelt’s Co-op Grocery also offers vegan options to take home.

Please note:   NDC Management asks that outside food not be brought into NDC.

The 2019 film, “Afterward,” by Israeli Jew Ofra Bloch, explores the deep mistrust between Palestinians and Israelis. Through interviews with residents of Germany, Israel, and Palestine, she reveals how trauma, fear, and hate are passed down from generation to generation. The film shows how difficult it is for Israelis and Palestinians to listen to one another because of three traumas: the Holocaust, the Nakba and the occupation. 

The testimonies in the film range from the horrifying to the hopeful. In Bloch’s view, overcoming one’s own trauma enables us to empathize with the suffering of others and connect across divides, which in turn fosters understanding.

Leah Harris, an independent journalist, and Ashkenazi Jewish-American Palestine solidarity activist, will lead the discussion following the film. In 2003 she co-led an Interfaith Peace Builders delegation to Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian West Bank, and she collaborates with various advocacy organizations including If Not Now, Jewish Voice for Peace, and the Virginia Coalition for Human Rights. Leah possesses an M.A. in Politics from Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies.

The Reel and Meal at the New Deal is a monthly film series focused on environmental, social justice and animal rights issues, presented by Utopia Film Festival, the Prince George’s County Peace and Justice Coalition and Beaverdam Creek Watershed Watch Group.  For more information on this month’s film see the Reel and Meal Facebook page: www.facebook.com/reelandmealNDC 

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