A FREE SCREENING of the film ‘Gaza’ will be held in the Miltown Malbay Community Centre tonight (Tuesday).
Released in 2019, the film was directed and produced by two Irish men, Andrew McConnell and Garry Keane. ‘GAZA’ describes the unique world, rich with eloquent and resilient characters, offering us an inspiring portrait of a people, living with hope and leading meaningful lives against the rubble of perennial conflict between 2014 and 2018.
At 8pm in the community centre in Miltown Malbay, the award-winning film will be shown to a new audience.
Vigils and peace marches have been held by the Clare branch of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign for the past twenty one weeks marking the total besiegement of the Gaza Strip and continuous bombardment and ground attacks by Israeli forces.
More than 14,000 children have been killed and according to UNICEF “the entire population is facing dire hunger with at least 335,000 children – that’s every single child under the age of five – at immediate risk of severe acute malnutrition. 10,000 of them are already so desperately sick they could die unless they get urgent help”.