Watering is a communal hydration ritual, a gathering facilitated by artist Meech Boakye that considers hydration as a medium for collective healing. The gathering centers on a screening of Jumana Manna’s Foragers, a film that explores the restricted practices of foraging wild edible plants in Palestine under Israeli law. To introduce the film, Boakye will draw parallels to American postbellum property laws, discussing how access to wild land was systematically restricted to limit autonomy and erase Indigenous traditions. This program invites participants to question how ecological conservation can be weaponized as a political tool for displacement.
Before the screening, audience members will be invited to engage in a collective libation. Food will be served throughout the event, sourced by wild foraging in Los Angeles and from local Southern California farms. Guests will leave with a small gift grown and foraged in Boakye’s home in Portland.
The event will start at 4:30 pm, doors at 4:00 pm.