From the award-winning writer of Scaramouche Jones, The Madness of George Dubya and Walking to Jerusalem

Passion Pit Theatre in association with The New Theatre, Dublin, presents

WALKING BACK TO JERUSALEM

In 2020, two friends wander through lockdown London reflecting on the Just Walk to Jerusalem, a journey undertaken three years prior calling for equal rights in the Holy Land.

Against a zeitgeist of pandemic, lockdown and global unrest, this quirky satirical documentary tracks their journey ‘back’ to Jerusalem - in the heart of London. Exploring the mosaic of cultural inheritance surrounding Britain’s colonial obsession with Palestine - and demolishing the odd statue along the way - they set out to stop Israel’s annexation of the West Bank and build Jerusalem ‘in England’s green and pleasant land.’

#StopAnnexation, #PalestinianLivesMatter

In 2017, more than one hundred people walked from London to Jerusalem, calling for equal rights in the Holy Land. In 2020, two friends set out to put Palestine back on the map and stop the annexation ...

Palestinian writer Ahmed Masoud, from Gaza, is the acclaimed author of Go To Gaza, Drink The Sea, Escape From Gaza, The Shroud Maker and Camouflage. UK playwright Justin Butcher (Scaramouche Jones, The Madness of George Dubya, The Devil’s Passion) conceived and led the Just Walk to Jerusalem in 2017, marking the centenary of the Balfour Declaration and the fiftieth year of Israel’s military occupation of the Palestinian Territories. His acclaimed stage show, Walking to Jerusalem, premiered at The New Theatre for the 2019 Dublin Theatre Festival. Composer Jack Arnold’s scores for film and TV include Wild Rose, starring Jessie Buckley, and The Scouting Book for Boys, both directed by Tom Harper, Niall MacCormick’s debut feature Albatross and the acclaimed BBC/HBO adaptation of War and Peace. Award-winning video designer Damian Hale has worked with The Chemical Brothers, U2, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Monty Python, Dawn French and Little Britain. Film-maker Mark Kensett’s work has taken him all over Africa (including driving the Hull Freedom Trail to Sierra Leone), and to Cambodia, Nicaragua and Palestine, including A Place of Peace, about the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, and Just Walk to Jerusalem, both for Amos Trust. Zino Masoud's acting credits include the forthcoming BBC/Amazon Prime TV drama, The Pursuit of Love, written by and starring Emily Mortimer, with Lily James, Andrew Scott and Dominic West.

The Irish film premiere of Walking Back To Jerusalem screening at 21:15 on March 23rd to April 5th 2021, is timed to coincide with Palestine Land Day.

Supported by Amos Trust www.amostrust.org