Screening will start at 12:00 Noon US EST; 18:00 Europe; 19:00 Palestine; 17:00 UK; 05:00 New Zealand; running time, 26 minutes; English language; release date TBD 2026. The screening will be followed by a discussion with film director Janice Haaken (The Palestine Exception) and Omar El Akkad, a journalist and author of the book: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, for which he won the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction.
About the Film
Sumud (Arabic: صمود) meaning steadfastness or steadfast perseverance.
As increasing numbers of journalists in Gaza are killed by Israeli forces, Gazan health care workers and international medical volunteers serve as vital reporters bearing witness to the ongoing genocide.
The film follows an American anesthesiologist volunteering in Gaza, with commentary from an Egyptian-Canadian journalist and writer reporting on the genocide. He is the author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.
