Houston Palestine Film Festival
The Houston Palestine Film Festival brings an honest and independent view of Palestine and its diaspora’s society, culture, and political travails through the art of film. This group of groundbreaking cinematic texts rise above the degrading stereotypes or reductively politicized depictions that are so familiar to Houstonians. A major goal of the Festival is to directly expose our local community to the perspective of artists as a first step toward circumventing the many government and media filters that pollute our understanding of Palestine and the wider region.
This unique film festival not only brings beautiful and poignant films to Houston, but also curates events that bring communities together for a purpose.
The Houston Palestine Film Festival was voted the Best Film Festival of 2009 by the Houston Press and has garnered a great deal of press over the years. Check out what people had to say about this year’s lineup:
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