On Sept. 30, we’re welcoming filmmaker Ibtisam Mara’ana to our screening of her documentary 77 STEPS. an intimate account of an Arab-Israeli relationship happening during the 2009 Gaza war. More info & tix at the link in our bio. New to Tel Aviv, Mara’ana meets Jonathan, a Jewish immigrant from Montreal, and their romance becomes the heart of the story. What begins as a tender cross-cultural love affair quickly collides with larger realities, unfolding against the backdrop of the 2009 Gaza war. Quiet dinners at home shift into anti-war activism, tense family encounters, and a fraught visit to Jonathan’s grandfather’s kibbutz, where personal memory sparks political confrontation. Part of the At the Edge of Hope series presented with U of M-Dearborn Journalism and Media Production, the Michigan Arts Initiative, and the Center for Arab American Studies at University of Michigan-Dearborn. At The Edge of Hope brings together urgent, intimate, and deeply human films from Israel, Palestine...