The screening will be followed by a panel discussion, featuring Ousman Noor, Sue Parfitt and more special guests TBA.

In a year when public speech defending Palestinian perspectives has been suppressed and, in some cases, criminalised in the UK, Censoring Palestine investigates how truth is being constrained across mainstream and social media, education, and entertainment. It also examines how terrorism laws are used—or misused—to silence dissent. Featuring contributions from Alexei Sayle, Ken Loach, Peter Oborne and Sarah Wilkinson, this documentary is an urgent intervention in the debate about freedom of expression on Palestine.

Speakers

Sue Parfitt is an Anglican priest who has lived in Bristol for nearly 50 years. She is 83 and has been actively involved with Palestine for nearly 40, visiting many times and working with a human rights organisation in Hebron and also with Palestinians in Bethlehem and in Nazareth who are part of the resistance to the Israeli Occupation. She has taken part in the action with Defend our Juries to challenge the proscription of Palestine Action and been arrested for that on 3 occasions. Like us all, she hopes for a successful outcome to the Judicial Review at the end of this month and the overturning of the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation.

Donations

All donations from this year’s festival will go to Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), providing humanitarian assistance as well as health and social services to Palestinians whenever and wherever needed. You can donate when buying tickets.