Palestinian Film Night: Shanshula + Mining the Amazon

Join Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign for a double-bill and a discussion with the filmmaker.

Shanshula

Film maker: Musheir El Farra
Running time: 33 minutes
Age rating: PG, contains some distressing scenes

Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign proudly presents Shanshula, a film about the fishing community of Gaza, and welcomes you to a discussion with the film maker, Musheir El Farra.

Shanshula details the lives of the Palestinian fishing community in the Gaza Strip who have lost loved ones, have been displaced or disabled by Israeli navy aggression.

Shanshula is a type of fishing net in the slang of local Palestinian fishermen who confront daily humiliations. The film also tells the story of one of the few Palestinian fisherwomen in the Gaza Strip.

The film was about to be premiered in Gaza in early October 2023. Following the Israeli onslaught, an addition was made to the film to show the forceful evacuation of the fishing community from the north to the south of the Gaza Strip and the suffering of the Palestinian people under the Israeli genocidal attack. Shanshula was produced in cooperation between Sheffield Palestine solidarity campaign and a local media organisation providing training for youngsters called the Palestinian Vanguard Station which was bombed and destroyed by Israeli F16's in Jan 2024.

About the filmmaker:
Musheir El Farra is a political activist, writer, public speaker and film maker. Originally from Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip Palestine, Musheir is author of "Gaza, When the sky rained White Fire" and is Chair of Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Mining the Amazon

Filmmaker: Thaís Borges
Running time: 11 minutes
Age rating: U

The contamination of the rivers, soils and bodies of the traditional peoples of Oriximiná and Bacarena in Pará state of Brazil’s Amazon has been the price to pay for the corporate mining and processing of bauxite and aluminium that are exported to Europe and beyond. The film tells their story as they fight for basic rights, sanitation and their livelihoods while these companies receive sustainability certifications amidst destruction of the rainforest.

Thaís Borges is an independent documentary filmmaker and reporter specialising in covering social and environmental conflicts, with particular focus on Brazil’s Amazon region. The screening will be introduced by researchers from University of Strathclyde working with Thaís and affected communities in the region.