Jumana Manna

2022

Film
Materials: 2K video, 5.1 sound, duration: 64' 00''

Collection: Courtesy the artist.

Combining fiction, documentary and archival footage, Foragers reveals the impact of these environmental policies on ancestral Palestinian wild plant harvesting traditions. The pleasure and knowledge associated with these centuries-old traditions stand in stark contrast to Israel’s nature conservation laws. The work shows the resilience of traditions in the face of legal prohibitions and raises questions about the politics of extinction. Who decides what survives?

Credits:

Directed and Produced by: Jumana Manna
Camera: Marte Vold, Yaniv Linton, Ashraf Dowani
Sound Recording: Montaser Abu ‘Alul, Raja Dubayah, Ibrahim Zaher
Line Producer: Eyal Vexler
Editing: Katrin Ebersohn, Jumana Manna
Composition, Sound Design and Mix: Rashad Becker
Court Hearings co-scripted with Rabea Eghbariah
Co-casting Juna Suleiman
Colorist: Simon Veroneg
Title design: Nancy Nasr al-Deen

FEATURING
Aziza Manna & Adel Manna

Zeidan Hajib and his dogs Kishkou, Ma’moule,
Kharoube, Fad’ara, Dundun,‘Akiko

Court Hearings:
Mahmoud Shawahde as Ahmad Hosni
Nadia Na’amneh as herself
Ihab Salameh as Shibli
Falah Zu’bi as Khalil
Najma Hamdan as Wardeh
Samir Na’amneh as himself

Prosecutors (voice): Guy Elhanan, Noa Rozen

Sisters’ Lunch:
Aishe (Um Ussama), Mufidi (Um Anwar) and Jamila (Umm Muhammad) Huleihel

‘Akkoub Plantation: Nabil Nicoula

Additional Foragers:
Kayed and Amina Boshnaq, Salima Abu al Hof, Adam Haj Yahya

Patrollers:
Guy Elhanan, Oren Weiss, Uri Binyamini, Diaa Moghrabi

Co-commissioned by BAMPFA The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, BAK basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht; and The Toronto Biennale (2022). Supported by Arab Fund for Arts and Culture - AFAC, The Fritt Ord Foundation, Arts Council Norway – Kulturrådet