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SOLD OUT | Ottawa Movie Screening - A State Of Passion

  • September 3, 2025 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
  • First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa

    30 Cleary Avenue
    Ottawa, Ontario K2A 3Z9
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Description

Join the Ottawa Chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement, Ottawa Healthcare Professionals for Palestine, and Labour for Palestine Ottawa on Wednesday, September 3rd, at 6:30pm for a one-night screening of A State of Passion, followed by a live Q&A with filmmaker Carol Mansour and Dr. Yipeng! Tickets are a minimum 5$ donation. All profits will be donated to the The Ghassan Abu Sittah Children's Fund.

 

After 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s hospitals, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance. This was Ghassan’s sixth and most horrific Gaza “war”. Why does he do it? The answer lies simply in their shared passion: Palestine.

 

Filmmakers Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi, close friends of the Abu Sittahs, waited anxiously for Ghassan to emerge from Gaza, following a long and terrifying journey through the night, to meet him in Amman.  Determined to capture his raw emotions they began filming him the moment he arrived through the door. Following him to Beirut, Amman, London, and Kuwait, they and he explore their common State of Passion.

Date & Time

Wed, Sep 3, 2025 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Venue Details

First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa

30 Cleary Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario K2A 3Z9 First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa
PYM

We are a transnational, independent, grassroots movement of young Palestinians dedicated to the liberation of our homeland and people.

The Palestinian Youth Movement (“PYM”) is a transnational, independent, grassroots movement of young Palestinians in Palestine and in exile worldwide as a result of the ongoing Zionist colonization and occupation of our homeland. Our belonging to Palestine and our aspirations for justice and liberation motivate us to assume an active role as a young generation in our national struggle for the liberation of our homeland and people. Irrespective of our different political, cultural and social backgrounds, we strive to revive a tradition of pluralistic commitment toward our cause to ensure a better future, characterized by freedom and justice on a social and political level, for ourselves and subsequent generations.