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This year’s Chicago Palestine Film Festival feels a little different

This year’s Chicago Palestine Film Festival opened nearly 200 days into the war in Gaza—to a sold-out weekend. Festival executive director Nina Shoman-Dajani said she believes it is more important than ever to share Palestinian stories. “We have really doubled down in our conviction to share Palestinian narratives and stories,” she said. In this episode, host Erin Allen talks to Shoman-Dajani and filmmaker Nick Leffel about this year’s lineup and what it means to program Palestinian films during the ongoing war

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This year’s Chicago Palestine Film Festival opened nearly 200 days into the war in Gaza—to a sold-out weekend. Festival executive director Nina Shoman-Dajani said she believes it is more important than ever to share Palestinian stories. 

“We have really doubled down in our conviction to share Palestinian narratives and stories,” she said. 

In this episode, host Erin Allen talks to Shoman-Dajani and filmmaker Nick Leffel about this year’s lineup and what it means to program Palestinian films during the ongoing war.

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