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MARY UNDER OCCUPATION
Mary Under Occupation
In occupied Bethlehem, two Muslim actresses rehearse a play that explores what the Virgin
Mary means to modern-day Palestinians. The American playwright weaves the voices of 22
interviewees into a production that allows the actresses to voice both their feminism and their
resistance to the occupation in the same way that Mary resisted Roman occupation. The film
culminates in performances at San José State University where the actresses introduce
themselves and Palestinian culture to a U. S. audience, hoping to break widely held
stereotypes about Muslims and Palestinian people.
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