When: Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 5-7 pm

Where: UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden La Kretz Garden Pavillion 

Produced and directed by filmmaker Jumana Manna, Foragers (2022) depicts the dramas around the practice of foraging for wild edible plants in Palestine/Israel with wry humor and a meditative pace. Shot in the Golan Heights, the Galilee, and Jerusalem, it employs fiction, documentary, and archival footage to portray the impact of Israeli nature protection laws on these customs. Following a screening of the film, please stay for a moderated discussion featuring UCLA faculty that will engage topics at the intersection of Indigeneity, settler colonialism, and nature-culture relations in Palestine/Israel and beyond. Light refreshments will be provided.

This event is co-sponsored by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center, Center for the Study of Women, Gender Studies Department, American Indian Studies Department, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, and Center for Near Eastern Studies.