3000 NIGHTS

Layal, a young Palestinian schoolteacher, is arrested and sent to a topsecurity women’s prison for Israeli and Palestinian criminal and political inmates. To her shock, she discovers once incarcerated that she is pregnant. Her husband insists she abort the child. Terrified and traumatized, Layal hits rock bottom. But with the support of the women around her, she finds the strength to stand up for herself and fight for her child. Chained to a bed, Layal gives birth to a baby boy. The child transforms her life and gives her hope. But the prison conditions begin to deteriorate and the women go on a hunger strike. The warden threatens to take away her child if Layal joins the strike. Terrified of losing her son, she succumbs to the warden’s demands; yet, in a moment of truth, she overcomes her fear and joins the strike. Armed with weapons and teargas, the guards are sent in to take away the boy by force. The women barricade themselves in their cells. Layal finds the strength to fight for herself, for her child, and for the day they will be reunited.