Monday Night Cinema

Palestine 36

Wajib director Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine 36 is an ambitious epic tracing the origins of the 1936–39 Arab Revolt against British rule.

Through interwoven stories of Palestinians (including The Teacher and The Blue Caftan’s Saleh Bakri) and British officials (Jeremy Irons and Liam Cunningam), Jacir builds a vivid tapestry of lives shaped by upheaval. Blending drama with archival footage, the film reveals the injustice that foreshadows the decades of conflict to come.