Past Film/Video | Contemporary Screen | Documentaries

Foragers

(Jumana Manna, 2022)

An older Palestinian man viewed from behind leans over in a field of wild grasses and herbs. He wears a backpack and holds a plastic bag.
Sep 17, 2023–Nov 28, 2023
Available Times
  • Sun, Sep 17, 1:00 PM
  • Tue, Oct 10, 12:30 PM
  • Thu, Oct 19, 12:30 PM
  • Thu, Nov 09, 12:30 PM
  • Tue, Nov 28, 12:30 PM
Film/Video Theater

Free for all audiences with ticket

Enjoy snacks with your movie
Pick up lunch and refreshments from Heirloom Café (open weekdays) to take with you into the theater. You can also find packaged snacks in the Wexner Center Store.

ACCESSIBILITY
We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as CART captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please email accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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Deepen your understanding of our autumn exhibition Jumana Manna: Break, Take, Erase, Tally with Manna’s film that investigates questions of power from the ground up.

In Manna’s meditative documentary Foragers, the Palestinian, Berlin-based filmmaker and sculptor sheds light on the more covert paths of cultural erasure enforced by governments. Through archival footage, scripted reenactments, and interviews, Foragers explores how the traditional Palestinian practice of foraging wild plants—namely the artichoke-like ’akkoub and za’atar (thyme)—is criminalized by the Israeli government in the name of nature conservation. With wry, surprising humor and moments of true poetry, Foragers conveys the joy and wisdom rooted in the ancestral practice of foraging as it strives to outrun the law at every turn. In Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles. (65 mins., DCP)

Join us for Foragers and other lunchtime films presented free of charge in conjunction with our autumn exhibitions, on view in our galleries August 25 through December 30. Stop by Heirloom Café to pick up lunch or a snack to enjoy during our weekday screenings, and discover connections across Manna’s work with a visit to Jumana Manna: Break, Take, Erase, Tally in our galleries.

IMAGE CAPTION
Foragers, courtesy of the artist.

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"This film is ultimately concerned with what is made extinct and what gets to live on; who gets to decide the fate of herb-picking cultures, and the options that remain for those who don’t."
Jumana Manna

More about the artist

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Jumana Manna (she/her) is a visual artist and filmmaker whose work explores how power is articulated, focusing on the body, land, and materiality in relation to colonial inheritances and histories of place. She has exhibited at venues including the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, California; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp (M HKA) in Belgium; Mercer Union, Toronto; and SculptureCenter, New York, among others. Manna’s work is held in public and private collections internationally, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; MCA Chicago; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Carré d’art, Nîmes, France; National Museum of Norway, Oslo; and Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates. Learn more on Jumana Manna’s website.

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The September 17 screening is cosponsored by Ohio State’s Middle East Studies Center. 

SUPPORT FOR FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Ohio Department of Development
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Ohio Arts Council
CampusParc
Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane
Axium Packaging
Nancy Kramer
Ohio State Energy Partners
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection
Larry and Donna James
Bruce and Joy Soll
Jones Day
Alex and Renée Shumate

Discover More

Collage of headshots of the three artists featured in the autumn exhibitions.
Past Talks & More

Sahar Khoury, Jumana Manna, and Harold Mendez in Conversation

Q&A follows
Wed, Aug 23, 2023
Installation of ceramic sculptures, including bread and a green double rectangle on metal grates on cinderblocks. Architecture is visible.
Past Exhibitions

Jumana Manna: Break, Take, Erase, Tally

Fri, Aug 25, 2023 - Sat, Dec 30, 2023
Multiple Dates/Times Available
A black-and-white photo of Umm Kulthum, who wears dark sunglasses and a dark hat. Behind her is the Great Sphinx of Giza.
Past Film/Video

Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt

(Michal Goldman, 1996)
Sun, Aug 27, 2023 - Tue, Sep 12, 2023
Multiple Dates/Times Available
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Past Film/Video

Foragers

Sep 17, 2023–Nov 28, 2023
Sunday's Hours 10AM–5PM
  • Sun, Sep 17, 1:00 PM
  • Tue, Oct 10, 12:30 PM
  • Thu, Oct 19, 12:30 PM
  • Thu, Nov 09, 12:30 PM
  • Tue, Nov 28, 12:30 PM
Film/Video Theater

Free for all audiences with ticket

Enjoy snacks with your movie
Pick up lunch and refreshments from Heirloom Café (open weekdays) to take with you into the theater. You can also find packaged snacks in the Wexner Center Store.

ACCESSIBILITY
We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as CART captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please email accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

Become a Member