Witness Palestine Film Festival

General Admission

LXCL:with valid student ID

Student discount

Dir. Alex Bakri 96 mins, Documentary Winner of the Shadi Abdel Salam Award at the Cairo International Film Festival 2025 Palestinian projectionist Hussein Darbi embarks on a journey through the West Bank, seeking parts to restore an old movie theater&rsquo;s projector, clinging to hopes of reclaiming his former position. Darbi brings more than 40 years of experience and connections into getting a carbon-arc projector going again, when a German NGO arrives with European funds to renovate Cinema Jenin. A cautionary tale about cultural colonialism that serves as an allegory for much more than merely cinema.

Dir. Alex Bakri 96 mins, Documentary Winner of the Shadi Abdel Salam Award at the Cairo International Film Festival 2025 Palestinian projectionist Hussein Darbi embarks on a journey through the West Bank, seeking parts to restore an old movie theater’s projector, clinging to hopes of reclaiming his former position. Darbi brings more than 40 years of experience and connections into getting a carbon-arc projector going again, when a German NGO arrives with European funds to renovate Cinema Jenin. A cautionary tale about cultural colonialism that serves as an allegory for much more than merely cinema.

Witness Palestine Film Festival

Habibi Hussein (2025)

240 East Ave

General Admission

$10

Student discount

$8

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