No Pride In Apartheid: screening of two films

SATURDAY MARCH 7th, 1pm
No Pride In Apartheid: screening of two films
“Black Laundry” and “Zero Degrees of Separation”
Cinema du Parc (3575 Parc Ave.)

Event featuring films and a discussion focussing on queer struggles against Israeli occupation and apartheid.

* Black Laundry: is an Israeli group of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders and others who utilize direct action to oppose the occupation and to support other social justice causes. This short film chronicles the emergence of the group and their activities.

* Zero Degrees of Separation: is a feature-length documentary examining a unique and complex relationship between two lovers, two nations that are less than 3 kilometres apart. Selim and Ezra, a gay Palestinian-Israeli couple, are fighting for the right to live together in Jerusalem. Edit and Samira, a lesbian Palestinian-Israeli couple, are trying to figure out how to bridge the divide between their cultures - often so close and yet so far. Through the lives of these two couples we gain a unique perspective on the Middle East conflict. Interwoven with archival footage belonging to director Elle Flanders’ grandparents, Zero Degrees of Separation takes on the larger questions of humanity, conflict and nationalist aspiration.