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A screening of the documentary film From Ground Zero<\/em> takes place from 6:30 to 9 pm on Friday, March 21 in Evered Hall (S Building) on the Abbotsford campus.<\/p>\n This film project sought to provide internally displaced artists \u2014 survivors of Israel\u2019s long assault, which has resulted in apocalyptic humanitarian conditions, destruction, mass killing, starvation, disease, and irreparable trauma for the people of Gaza \u2014 with a \u201ccanvas for the expression of personal stories.\u201d<\/p>\n The resulting collection features 22 three- to six-minute short films. Genre and narrative approaches vary widely, including documentary, hybrid forms, narrative drama, stop-motion animation, essay, and experimental video art. However, what these remarkable works present when taken together is critically important context and a counterpoint to the gruesome livestream populating screens globally. The filmmakers\u2019 testimonies of confinement under relentless bombardment and imposed famine expose audiences to fragments of their daily struggle to survive \u2014 and to do so with dignity.<\/p>\n Chronicling the lives of people too often discussed in reference to numbers and refugee camps, From Ground Zero<\/em> is an extraordinary time capsule, an urgent response to an ongoing catastrophe, and an artist\u2019s call to bear witness.<\/p>\n A brief, respectful discussion of the film will follow. Refreshments will be provided and you can secure your free ticket at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fri, Mar 21, 2025 A screening of the documentary film From Ground Zero takes place from 6:30 to 9 pm on Friday, March 21 in Evered Hall (S Building) on the Abbotsford campus. This film project sought to provide internally displaced artists \u2014 survivors of Israel\u2019s long assault, which has resulted in apocalyptic humanitarian conditions, destruction, mass killing, starvation, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":34776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,12,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","category-myufv","category-calendar","category-ufv-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34775"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34786,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34775\/revisions\/34786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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