On Wednesday, July 17th at 1 pm ET, AFCFP and CfP kicked off our CollectiveED summer series, Films for Freedom. Over the 2024 summer months, we will gather virtually on three occasions to dive deeper into three films related to Palestine and Israel. For each film, we will provide a link to screen a film for free and then we will hear from the directors and casts from the documentaries themselves.

Our first film was Israelism. Israelism follows two young American Jews - Simone and Eitan - who are raised to defend the state of Israel at all costs. When they witness Israel’s mistreatment of the Palestinian people with their own eyes, they are horrified and heartbroken. They join the movement of young American Jews demanding freedom for the Palestinian people.

On July 17th, our community heard from filmmaker and director, Erin Axelman, as well as Israelism cast members and activists, Simone Zimmerman and Sami Awad. Our conversation was moderated by Israelism producer and AFCFP board member, Gili Getz.