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THE TEACHER

  • Gene Siskel Film Center 164 North State Street Chicago, IL, 60601 United States (map)

THE TEACHER

2023, dir. Farah Nabulsi 
United Kingdom, Palestine, Qatar; 118 min. 
In Arabic with English subtitles

A Palestinian school teacher (Saleh Bakri) struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students (Muhammad Abed El Rahman) and the chance of a new romantic relationship with a volunteer worker (Imogen Poots).

Special Guest, director Farah Nabulsi, will be joining us for a Q&A.

Earlier Event: April 28
BYE BYE TIBERIAS (Encore)
Later Event: May 1
YALLAH GAZA