The Little will screen Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine (Connie Field, U.S. / Occupied Palestinian Territory 2014, 93 min.) as part of the 2015 Witness Palestine Film Series. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion.

While capturing the growing non-violent movement of young people in Palestine, this film brings a fresh perspective for understanding the realities of Palestinian life under occupation. Come travel with an African-American gospel choir and with MLK Scholar Clayborne Carson, the author of a play about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In collaboration with members of the Palestinian National Theatre, Carson and the choir adapt and then perform the play for Palestinian audiences in the West Bank. Choir members, drawn from devoutly Christian churches, are traveling to the Middle East for the first time and witnessing the realities of life under occupation. Hoping to be a voice for change, the author and the singers are themselves profoundly changed by the experience.

[source: Little Theatre website, 2015-Sep-28]