The US Palestinian Community Network encourages all to attend and support the following event:
The Palestinian- American Women’s Association of Southern California
Cordially invites you to attend
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!!
PALESTINIAN CULTURAL RESISTANCE: USING THE POWER OF FILMS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: FILMMAKER AND PRODUCER
CHERIEN DABIS
Award-winning Palestinian- American filmmaker Cherien Dabis was named one of Variety magazine’s “Ten Directors to Watch” in 2009. Her debut feature film-AMREEKA- premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival to wide acclaim and is the first fiction feature to be acquired for theatrical distribution by National Geographic Entertainment. Also in 2009, AMREEKA opened the New Directors/New Films series in New York City and took home the FIPRESCI critics award at the Cannes film Festival. The film tells the story of a Palestinian woman who immigrates with her teenage son to United States of America after 9/11.
MAZZA AND ARABIC DINNER WILL BE SERVED
DATE :
MARCH 6, 2010 AT 6:00 PM
WHERE:
DOUBLETREE HOTEL
100 THE CITY DRIVE
ORANGE, CA 92868
Adults: $50 Presale, $60 at the Door
Students: $35
Tables: Gold: $1200 Silver: $1000 Bronze $800
To make reservations and/or purchase tickets contact:
(909) 861-8645) or (949) 310-0015 or (714) 381-2102
