Red Emma’s

Join director Fida Qishta as she presents her documentary Where Should the Birds Fly? Where Should the Birds Fly? documents the separate stories and shared experiences of two women in Gaza—Mona Al Samouni and Fida Qishta. Mona Al Samouni is an 11-year-old girl whose family died when her home was hit by Israeli rockets during Operation Cast Lead. Fida Qishta, the filmmaker, is a Gazan videographer, teacher, and human rights worker. Born and raised in Rafah, Gaza, she began her filmmaking career as a wedding videographer and soon moved on to working with international human rights observers in Gaza, documenting day-to-day life under siege. While the film visually tells the story of the efforts of the Gazans to live and work under conditions of siege, and documents the horrific Israeli attack, it is also about the struggle of these two women to maintain humanity, humor, and hope, and to find some sense of normalcy in a world that is anything but normal.  Director Fida Qishta will do a Q&A after the screening. $5 suggested donation. WHERE SHOULD THE BIRDS FLY | Palestine | English & Arabic | 58mins | 2013