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I don’t recognize the country of my birth, Israel, and it does not recognize me.
There, I visit my father who cannot remember my name. They are both changing forever, disappearing, refusing to be embraced. As I film my father in the throes of his dementia, the country swirls into violence---in these impossible conditions, the only possibility to recall our arrival
to recuperate our names
lies in re-calling the ones we wanted to forget, the fathers and daughters exiled from Palestine,
the friends insisting on punishments
listening to the song of children born within our battlefields.

YEHUDA SHARIM
Yehuda Sharim is a writer, filmmaker, and poet. His work focuses on the relationship between the quotidian and the poetic. Sharim’s films have appeared in festivals, artistic venues, and universities worldwide. His work intimately portrays those who refuse to surrender amidst daily devastation and culminating strife, offering a vision for equality and renewed solidarity in a divisive world. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Program of Global Art Studies at the University of California, Merced.
SCOTT SZABO
Scott Sczabo is a film sound designer with over 20 years of experience. In 2015, Scott won Best Original Music Award from the Houston Comedy Film Festival for a feature called “Doll Factory.” In 2009, Szabo won a Telly award for music for the short film “Saving Evan White” and won a Gold Medal in 2005 at the Park City Film Music Festival for his score of “Dancing in Twilight.” Szabo has composed music for over 200 commercials and corporate marketing videos for companies including, Mahindra Tractors, Shell Oil, Enron, Continental Airlines, Joe’s Crab Shack, Applebee’s, and Time Warner.
TAARA CLARKE
Taara Clarke is an Afro-Caribbean child therapist and first-time film organizer for Who but When, How. She is committed to social justice and continuous learning, which she brings into her personal life, media interactions, and therapy practice. In her therapeutic work, she views individuals as the experts of their own experiences. At Sharim Studio, she approaches film from a socially just perspective, centering people as experts of their own stories and fostering recognition of self and others. Taara holds a bachelor's in cognitive sciences from Rice University and a master's in social work from the University of Michigan.
ELIZABETH MICHELLE LOPEZ
Elizabeth Michelle Lopez is a Mexican-American producer whose work highlights her interest in documenting stories and experiences of people of color and women. As the producer for Sharim Studio, she leads and shapes new visions for cinema as a vehicle for empowering marginalized groups and creating unity in a fragmented world. At the moment, she is leading the production of Experiments in Freedom and El Ojo Comienza En La Mano. She holds a BA in Cinematic Arts and Technology from California State University, Monterey Bay.
MARGARET BRESLAU
Margaret Breslau has been Chair of the Coalition for Justice, a 501(c)(3) non-profit for the past 18 years. The organization, formed in 1981, supports and empowers people in disadvantaged and vulnerable communities. Currently, the work centers on human rights advocacy for people in prison and low-wage workers. She is the co-founder of the Virginia Prison Justice Network (VAPJN), a network of groups around Virginia committed to ending mass incarceration. She is the editor of ‘Unlocked: Art and Experiences From Inside Virginia’s Prisons”, a bi-annual journal of poetry, art, short stories, and reflections. With her experience and long commitment to social justice, she works with Sharim Studio to inspire social change and bring people who have long been invisible and ignored into the light.