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The Courthouse Gallery in Ennistymon will host a screening of the documentary Gaza this Friday, December 15, at 8pm. The film, released in 2019, was directed and produced by Irish men Andrew McConnell and Garry Keane. The award–winning film documents the real lives of people living in Gaza, showing how ordinary people courageously have to keep going in the grimmest of conditions, in a world where there is a “wall between the people of Gaza and life itself”. The film features, amongst others, a young cellist, a young rapper, a theatre director, a fisherman and his son, a taxi driver and an ambulance driver as they share their stories, daily experiences and their hopes for the future. Simple aspirations, which people living in Ireland might take for granted, are quashed on a daily basis. Wildcard Distribution, who own the screening rights to the film, have waived the license fees for these charity screenings and welcome people to arrange more screenings. …
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