Two documentaries, Refusenik and Young Freud in Gaza, kick off this screening series.
Refusenik is the first retrospective documentary to chronicle the thirty-year movement to free Soviet Jews. It shows how a small grassroots effort bold enough to take on a Cold War superpower blossomed into an international human rights campaign that engaged the disempowered and world leaders alike. Told through the eyes of activists on both sides of the Iron Curtain - many of whom survived punishment in Soviet Gulag labor camps - the film is a tapestry of first-person accounts of heroism, sacrifice, and ultimately, liberation.
Freud in Gaza is a documentary about Ayed who is a 28-year-old Palestinian field psychologist working at the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza. Ayed gives therapy to young Inas who has thoughts of suicide, to Maysa who has had traumatic experiences, to Hanan living in extreme poverty, to Abed, a former militant and suicide bomber driver. Ayed is a dedicated psychologist who attempts to offer his patients a life of light and warmth.
Admission: FREE
Location:
Centro Cultural De La Raza
2125 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101
For more information, please call: (619) 235-6135
Refusenik is the first retrospective documentary to chronicle the thirty-year movement to free Soviet Jews. It shows how a small grassroots effort bold enough to take on a Cold War superpower blossomed into an international human rights campaign that engaged the disempowered and world leaders alike. Told through the eyes of activists on both sides of the Iron Curtain - many of whom survived punishment in Soviet Gulag labor camps - the film is a tapestry of first-person accounts of heroism, sacrifice, and ultimately, liberation.
Freud in Gaza is a documentary about Ayed who is a 28-year-old Palestinian field psychologist working at the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza. Ayed gives therapy to young Inas who has thoughts of suicide, to Maysa who has had traumatic experiences, to Hanan living in extreme poverty, to Abed, a former militant and suicide bomber driver. Ayed is a dedicated psychologist who attempts to offer his patients a life of light and warmth.
Admission: FREE
Location:
Centro Cultural De La Raza
2125 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101
For more information, please call: (619) 235-6135
