This month's Cinema Resistenza: Gaza Nippers - Hope Amid Devastation reveals the heartbreaking yet inspiring story of children in Gaza growing up under siege and wars inflicted on them by Israel.

Two young men from Gaza were brought to Australia in 2019 by the Northern Beaches Committee for Palestine to train as surf lifesavers in Manly. On their return to Gaza, they set up a Nippers program along Australian lines and drew up plans to build the first surf lifesaving club in the Middle East. But after one successful season, many of these children and supporting adults have been killed in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.

The Nippers programme offers a lifeline, teaching children to swim, surf and find moments of joy. Amid the horrors of genocide in Gaza, the film highlights the shocking loss of young lives in the programme.

Growing up under siege, these young surf lifesavers find freedom and joy in the waves - even as they face unimaginable loss. Through their eyes, we witness a Gaza rarely seen: full of courage, community and the enduring spirit of childhood.

 

The Director Majed Badra and his brother Shamikh Badra, will present the evening including the news from the latest one day Nippers event held in Gaza in September. Check out the Channel Ten program report on it.  It's good.