The Teacher
(2023) - 115 min
Opening in NYC on April 11, 2025
(2023) - 115 min
Opening in NYC on April 11, 2025
Homepage - https://theteacher.film/
Description - A Palestinian teacher struggles to reconcile his commitment to political resistance while supporting his students - brothers who took different paths - and grieving the loss of his teenage son. Meanwhile, an American couple fight for the return of their son, kidnapped while in the Israeli military.
Interview on Democracy Now! (April 11, 2025) - https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/11/the_teacher
Interview - "Capturing the 'deeply human story' of Israeli occupation in the West Bank" with Palestinian-British director Farah Nabulsi and lead actor Saleh Bakri - https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/Tv/video/amanpour-farah-nabulsi-saleh-bakri-the-teacher
Toronto Int'l Film Festival - "gripping feature debut" - https://tiff.net/events/the-teacher
Review - "The importance of Palestinian representation in Farah Nabulsi's The Teacher" - University College Dublin - https://universityobserver.ie/otwo-reviews-the-teacher/