Beyond the Frontlines _ Houston Palestine Film Festival_ Q&A with the director DOLS & Samah JABR

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (US)

Beyond the Frontlines takes us on a journey both within our own minds and on the roads of Palestine, led by Palestinian psychiatrist and writer Dr. Samah Jabr. An heiress to anticolonial psychiatrist Dr. Frantz Fanon, she exposes the psychological strategies of the Israeli occupation and their consequences, and the ways in which Palestinians have learned to cope.

In this multi-voiced movie, interviews and columns are intertwined together with poetic escapes suggesting the invisible dimension of Palestinian streets and landscapes. From this fragmented Palestine, women and men holding multiple identities share their stories of resistance and resilience. For everyday colonization does not only involve occupying land, homes, the sky or water. It does not seek to impose its rule through weapons only; it molds the minds as well, beyond the frontlines...

Director Alexandra Dols and psychiatrist and writer Dr. Samah Jabr answered to the questions from the audience following the screening with the moderation of Nicolas Sawaya.

With USA Palestine Mental Health Network


Edited by Naomi M'Bo (Hybrid pulse)

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