It is 1936. The British Mandate tightens its grip on Palestine. A young villager named Yusuf moves between his rural home and the charged streets of Jerusalem as a mass uprising takes shape, Jewish refugees arrive from Europe, and every choice carries the weight of an entire region's future. An ensemble historical drama built from real events, told from the ground up.
After a Palestinian teen gets swept up into a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the family story of hope, courage and relentless struggle that led to this fateful moment.
A Palestinian schoolteacher struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with the chance of a new relationship with volunteer-worker Lisa and his emotional support for one of his students Adam.