KCSB-FM Hosts ‘GAZA IS OUR HOME’ Film Screening Wednesday 10/9 + Live Meet & Greet from Palestine Thursday 10/10
What: On Weds., October 9, 7pm in the Isla Vista Theater, a screening of Monear Shaer’s intimate documentary, Gaza is Our Home (66 min.), about the war on Gaza, and his family that remains there. Also, there will be a live post-film interview and audience discussion with Shaer.
On Thurs., October 10, 7pm in the UCSB Interactive Learning Pavilion (Room 2302), a rare opportunity to meet and to speak virtually with Shaer’s family currently living in the Gaza Strip, with music of the UCSB Middle East Ensemble opening the night.
When: October 9th and 10th from 7-9pm
- Wednesday, 10/9: Film screening with documentary filmmaker Monear Shaer. Followed by a post-screening discussion facilitated by retired UCSB staffer / former KCSB-FM advisor & independent media-activist Elizabeth Robinson
- Thursday, 10/10: Monear Shaer, the cast of Gaza Is Our Home (via remote feed from Gaza), performance by UCSB’s Middle East Ensemble
Where: Day 1 (10/9): IV Theater #1 (960 Embarcadero del Norte, Isla Vista). Day 2 (10/10): UCSB Interactive Learning Pavilion 2302 (near Parking Lot 3, off Ucen Road)
Who: : Events hosted by KCSB-FM 91.9, co-presented by UCSB Associated Students Program Board (ASPB), UCSB Jewish Voices for Peace (JVP), UCSB Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), UCSB Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA), UCSB Muslim Students Association (MSA).
Palestinian-American Documentary Filmmaker Monday Shaer, GAZA IS OUR HOME (2024)
Filmmaker Bio: Monear Shaer is a young, Florida-based, Palestinian-American documentarian whose life changed significantly this past year, since the events of October 7th and Israel’s subsequent US-backed invasion of Gaza. With over 150 relatives trapped in the Gaza Strip, his life as a videographer for a real estate firm changed dramatically with news of the devastating loss of 33 of his family members. An AI-generated slideshow of a 2021 visit to Gaza inspired what has become Shaer’s independently-made, feature-length documentary, a testament to the resilience and humanity of those affected by the ongoing crisis. Gaza is Our Home has screened at the International Brightlight Film Festival (California) and the Africa Human Rights Film Festival (in Kalahari, Reitfontein, South Africa, and Johannesburg, South Africa).