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Afterward, 2019 (Director Ofra Bloch, 94 mins)


Jerusalem-born trauma expert Ofra Bloch confronts her demons in a journey that takes her to Germany, Israel, and Palestine. Afterward delves into the secret wounds carried by victims as well as victimizers through testimonies ranging from the horrifying to the hopeful. Jerusalem-born trauma expert Ofra Bloch forces herself to confront her personal demons in ajourney that takes her to Germany, Israel and Palestine. Seen as a victim in Germany and a perpetrator in Palestine, Bloch faces those she was raised to hate as she searches to understand the identity-making narratives of the Holocaust and the Nakba,violent and non-violent resistance, and the possibility of reconciliation. The film points towards a future - an "afterward" - that attempts to live with the truths of history inorder to make sense of the present.

IFI @ HOME Tickets €7.50