Tomorrow's Freedom

Leeds Palestinian Film Festival Release Date:

Tuesday 27th February 2024

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Age rating / classification to be confirmed
1 hour 37 minutes approx.
Released

Synopsis

Tomorrow's Freedom takes you on a brutally honest and transformative journey into the heart of the Israel Palestine conflict, speaking to Palestinians and Israelis on both sides. Marwan Barghouthi is an elected member of parliament and played a crucial role supporting the Oslo Peace Accords in the 90's. In 2000 Marwan was a key figure in leading the second Intifada against the Israeli occupation. Two years into the Intifada, Marwan was arrested by Israel and accused of ordering terror attacks in Tel Aviv. After 1000 days of isolation and his court case, an Israeli civil- ian court convicted Marwan and sentenced him to 5 life sentences. Recent polls indicate that in the next Palestinian elections Barghouti could be elected as the President of Palestine - meaning Israel would be holding the country's president be- hind bars. The vehicle through which this story is told is the Barghouthi family. Over the past 4 years, we gained intimate access witnessing first hand the pressures that wife, Fadwa and their four children endure on a daily basis including prison visits and a 43 day long Hunger Strike led by Marwan from Solitary confinement.

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