“Food is the most precious part of Palestinian heritage.” Aisha Azzam and her husband started their family grain mill in Baqa’a refugee camp, Jordan, nearly 40 years ago. Through food – harvesting, milling, cooking, and sharing – Aisha traces the story of palestinian displacement and rebuilding family and community in exile.
Country : Canada Year : 2025 Length : 62 minutes Production : Thinking Garden Films Director : Elizabeth Vibert, Chen Wang Screenplay : Elizabeth Vibert, Chen Wang
Aisha Azzam
Elizabeth Vibert is a historian at the University of Victoria, writer, and filmmaker whose work focuses on grassroots efforts toward food justice in contexts of poverty, colonial inequities, and climate crisis. Her previous documentary, "The Thinking Garden", convinced her of the power of film to share stories of ordinary women doing extraordinary things in the face of such challenges.
Chen Wang is an internationally award-winning photographer and cinematographer. As cinematographer and in other roles, Chen has worked on dozens of documentaries, short and feature films, music videos and commercials. Chen is a past director of production at Cinevic Society of Independent Filmmakers in Victoria, Canada. He grew up in mainland China and now lives in Victoria.
