Directed and produced by Jumana Manna, Foragers incorporates documentary, fiction, and archival footage to display the impact of Zionist migration to, and occupation of, Palestine. The film centers around Palestinians who risk heavy fines and imprisonment for violating Israeli foraging restrictions, and connects these stories to broader themes of alienation, community, and political economy. Both contemplative and wry, Manna’s film poignantly displays the tension between migration, ecology, and homeland in occupied Palestine.

– MM

Further reading / viewing

Abukhadra, Lamia. 2024. “Insurgent Transmissions: A Palestine Film Series.” Mizna (blog). March 20, 2024. https://mizna.org/film/insurgent-transmissions/.

Alyan, Hala. 2017. Salt Houses. Reprint edition. Harper.

“Wild Relatives – Jumana Manna.” 2018. https://jumanamanna.com/Wild-Relatives.

Nasr, Edwin. 2021. “Syria and/as the Planetary in Jumana Manna’s Wild Relatives.” Afterall 51 (1):132-143. doi: 10.1086/717406.