WITNESS – RECKONING WITH LAUGHTER

Director(s): Amber Fares
Producer(s): Rhana Nator, Samantha Adler de Oliveira, Rachel Leah Jones, Aine Pennello, Maria Costea, Reem Haddad, Fiona Lawson-Baker

2020 | 25 min | USA | Israel
Languages: English | Hebrew

Noam is a peace builder-turned-comedian whose political satire makes headlines across the Middle East. Noam’s about to launch her one-woman U.S. comedy tour when the first coronavirus wave hits.
She returns to Israel but soon finds herself recovering from COVID-19 in a government assigned hotel – where Palestinians and Israelis laugh together. But, as the pandemic sends the world into a tailspin, exposing racial and economic injustice, Noam is reminded how much work needs to be done in Israel.