"We Need to Keep Working, Otherwise Our Voices Will Be Buried and Unheard.": Areeb Zuaiter on Her Gaza-Set DOC NYC World Premiere Yalla Parkour

Threads concerning family, identity and resistance are carefully interwoven in Yalla Parkour, Palestinian filmmaker Areeb Zuaiter's portrait of Gaza's scrappy yet talented troupe of parkour athletes. After getting in touch with Ahmad Matar--a young man who dreams of securing a rare visa so that he may attend international parkour tournaments--Zuaiter realizes that by documenting his story, she can reconnect with a facet of her own heritage that she had once felt completely closed off to. While h...