
La marche gaie
1980 Film


An environmental meditation following Palestinian farmers and their ancient olive trees: living symbols of livelihood, heritage, and resistance.
When Dr. Nasser Abufarha, a Palestinian American entrepreneur, returns to the occupied West Bank and finds the olive harvest in crisis, he leads a movement to preserve an ecosystem and thousands of years of ecological knowledge, helping to build one of Palestine's most influential fair-trade networks. In the midst of a genocide and ecocide, where Palestinian land, culture, and livelihood face erasure, Land of Canaan documents a way of life, shows us what is at stake, and why it must be protected.
Directed by Maggie Lemere
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