Rising for peace, love and truth-telling in Gaza & worldwide.
Made by Palestinian descendants and LGBTQIA people in solidarity linking with the colonial struggle in Australia.
Winner of best film Victorian Multicultural Commission Film Festival 2020, in competition OutFest Fusion in LA in America, and made available on SBS Television Australia.
Writers and performers are Palestinian descendants, including Sara Saleh winner of Australia's two top poetry prizes and Candy Royalle fierce LGBTQI+ poet and performer (RIP). It features a mural by Saudi Arabian-born human rights activist @Ms Saffaa based on a photograph by Nicola Bailey, and women poets, filmed by Jamie James, and edited by Maria Barbagallo and Ludwig El Haddad. Video of Gaza shared with permission of Palestine's youngest female journalist at the time Hind Khoudary.
Jacqui North's work as producer/director connects diverse communities via events, arts, and culture and provides audiences with unique insights into deep, colonial, contested history, from unique LGBTQI+, migrant, Aboriginal, Torres Strait and South Sea Islander perspectives. Light artist/producer on 5 site-responsive experiences.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqui-north-90864596/