Remember Debi Almontaser, the founding principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy, who was asked to define Intifada in a newspaper interview and found herself ousted from the school by NYC school Chancellor Joel Klein before the school even opened?

Almontaser’s story and the story of the USA’s first Arabic language public school located in Brooklyn, NY is now an award-winning documentary called Intifada NYC.

Here’s the blurbage from the film’s website:

The opening of the United States’ first Arabic language public school provoked a firestorm of allegations that the school would teach radical Islam or even produce terrorists. As critics and the mainstream media stoked the flames in the climate of post-9/11 America, the controversy forced the school’s Arab-American Muslim principal from her job. “Intifada NYC” follows the principal’s struggle to get her job back, the outcry against the school, and the debate provoked about tolerance and freedom of speech. The film combines exclusive interviews and vérité with graphic novel-style drawings, while the original score mixes classical, jazz, and Middle Eastern styles.

After the show there will be a discussion with director David Teague and Khalil Gibran International Academy founding principal Debbie Almontaser.

WHAT:  Film screening of “Intifada NYC” and discussion with director David Teague and Debbie Almontaser
WHERE: Park Slope United Methodist Church, 410 6th Ave. @ 8th St
WHEN:  Friday, November 5th at 8 pm
HOW MUCH:     FREE!!!