Movie - From Ground Zero - with Casket Cinema

Casket Cinema is proud to partner with Amnesty USA local group 37, to bring you a special movie event.  We will show From Ground Zero, an anthology project comprised of 22 short films created by filmmakers from Gaza.  Please join us for an evening of activism and celebration.   

From Ground Zero Event Notice on Facebook.  

From Ground Zero is an anthology project comprised of 22 short films created by filmmakers from Gaza. Launched by renowned Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi, the initiative was created during the current 2023/2024 conflict and aims to provide a platform for young Palestinian artists to express themselves through their craft.

Each film, ranging in length from three to six minutes, presents a unique perspective on the current reality in Gaza. The project captures the diverse experiences of life in the Palestinian enclave, including the challenges, tragedies, and moments of resilience faced by its people. Using a mix of genres including fiction, documentary, docu-fiction, animation, and experimental cinema, From Ground Zero presents a rich diversity of stories that reflect the sorrow, joy and hope inherent in Gazan life.

Despite harsh filming conditions, Gaza’s vibrant artistic scene shines through this stunning anthology film, which offers an intimate and powerful portrait of daily life in modern-day Palestine – and the enduring spirit of its people.

Shortlisted for Best International Film at the 2025 Academy Awards

In Arabic with English subtitles.

Schedule

7:30pm | Letter Action, and Meet and Greet
8:00pm | Film Screening
9:30pm | Panel Discussion with Special Guests

Letter Action

We'll have a letter-writing or activism action as part of our event.      

Special Guests

Founders Mark Wojahn and Wilbur Ince will be joined by members of Amnesty local Group #37 for a discussion of the film and the work Amnesty does for prisoners of conscious.  

• Twin Cities Amnesty International Group 37 - https://twincitiesamnesty.org/
• American Muslims for Palestine - MN - Sana Wazwaz is a Palestinian American writer and organizer who has dedicated her life to using arts to dismantle Zionist colonial narratives and amplify Palestinian joy. She is the Chapter Lead of American Muslims for Palestine - Minnesota and a leading organizer in Minnesota’s Free Palestine Coalition. In 2022 and 2023, respectively, Sana led the National Israeli Date Boycott Campaign, where she mobilized consumers and businesses across the country to end their purchases and sales of Israeli dates. Sana was one of the leading organizers who fought for the passage of the historic Minneapolis Ceasefire Resolution, the first in the country to call for an end to all US aid to Israel. Her writing on Palestine has been seen in The Ghassan Kanafani Arts Anthology, Overtly Lit, Water~Stone Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, and the Colorado College Fine Arts Center. Her creative nonfiction essay, “How to Say Survival in Latin,” which chronicled her experiences surviving as a student organizer amidst the genocide of Gaza, was nominated for Best American Essay 2025. Sana holds a BA in English from Augsburg University and is currently the Program Assistant at New Arab American Theater Works.

RSVP

You can RSVP through our Facebook event!

Links

• Watermelon Pictures - From Ground Zero
• Wikipedia - From Ground Zero
• From Ground Zero - Quad Cinema
• From Ground Zero on IMDB

Synopsis

From Ground Zero (Arabic: قصص غير محكية من غزة من المسافة صفر, romanized: qiṣaṣ ghayr maḥkiyya min Ghazza min al-masāfa ṣifr, lit. 'Untold stories of Gaza's Ground Zero') is a 2024 anthology film directed by 22 different Palestinian directors.[4] The film is made up of 22 short films, including documentaries, fiction, animation and experimental films about the current situation of the people of the Gaza Strip in the midst of the Gaza war.[5]

From Ground Zero premiered at the 5th Amman International Film Festival on 5 July 2024[6] and had its North American premiere at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2024 as part of the TIFF Docs section.[7] It was selected as the Palestinian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards, making the December shortlist,[8][9] but was not nominated.

Trailer