The Little will screen Firefighters Under Occupation (Ciaran Gibbons, Palestine / Israel 2017, 70 min.) followed by a discussion with filmmaker Ciaran Gibbons, and film subject Jim Malone as part of the Witness Palestine series.

In 2015, Welsh filmmaker and firefighter Ciaran Gibbons traveled to Palestine and discussed the challenges of fighting fires in Nablus, Ramallah, Hebron, and Jerusalem. His film documents the lives and work of the Palestinian firefighters who work in the occupied West Bank. An inherently dangerous job in any country, those tasked with firefighting in Palestine face two challenges: fire and the Israeli Occupation Forces.

This film documents humanitarian support given to Palestinian firefighters by The Fire Brigade Union of the U.K. as well as facilitation of training in Scotland. It presents the upsurge of violence in the country through interviews and meetings with Palestinian firefighters and their families, and offers their perspectives on occupation, struggle, fear and hope, celebrating their bravery and dedication.

[source: Little Theatre calendar, 2019-Oct-14]