From Executive Producer Macklemore, The Encampments offers an urgent, intimate portrait of America’s student movement, ignited at Columbia University as students protested their universities’ ties to the war on Gaza. Their actions sparked a nationwide uprising, with encampments spreading across hundreds of campuses. Featuring detained activist Mahmoud Khalil, alongside professors, whistleblowers, and organizers, the film captures the deeper stakes of a historic moment that continues to reverberate across the globe.
Date 19 May 2026 | 17h30
Aud 302 – Building 4 Iscte
The screening will be followed by a roundtable discussion bringing together students from across Lisbon, reflecting on their own experiences and realities — a conversation that extends well beyond the film itself.
This event is a warm-up for « Palestine is a Global Issue: Situating the Genocide and Beyond », an international conference that will bring together researchers, activists, and practitioners to situate the Palestinian struggle within broader global frameworks.