Grieving the loss of her grandmother, Nawal fixates on keeping a fig sapling alive, her last remaining connection to Palestine. When she meets Tanya, an older Indigenous woman and the resident trouble-maker in her new apartment building, she learns what resilience and connection to the land under colonialism and capitalism really mean.
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Fateema Al-Hamaydeh MillerFateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller is an award-winning Palestinian/Canadian writer & director whose work explores themes of fragmented identity, grief & post-traumatic growth through "oh no, should I laugh?" comedy. Her work has screened at festivals worldwide, including OutFest LA LGBTQ Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, ImagineNATIVE & the Reel Asian International Film Festival.