Naila and the Uprising
DocHouse Release Date:
Thursday 12th July 2018
Age rating / classification to be confirmed
1 hour 16 minutes approx.
Released
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Starring:
Naila Ayesh, Zahira Kamal, Naima Al-Sheikh, Azza Al-Khafarneh and Roni Ben Efrat
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Directed By:
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Produced By:
Ronit Avni, Jessica Devaney, Jen Marlowe, Anya Rous, Rula Salameh and Rebekah Wingert
Synopsis
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.